Clay County AlArchives Military Records.....Horn, Elijah May 17 1865 Civilwar - Rosters Company F 30th Reg Alabama Infantry ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Timothy Horn funboytim@earthlink.net February 8, 2005, 10:21 am Prisoner Of War Roster CONFEDERATE H 30 ALA Elijah L Horn Sergt Co F, 30th Reg't Ala Inf Appears on a record of PRISONERS OF WAR at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill Where Captured? Marietta Ga When Captured? July 3 1864 When Received? July 16, 1864 When Transferred? (blank) Remarks Discharged May 17, 1865 (Camp Douglas, Ill., Register No 1; page 218) Additional Comments: Here is a record of Elijah Horn being captured in Marietta Ga and in an U S Army POW camp until May 17, 1865. Prisoner Of War Roll H 30 ALA E L HORN pvt co. F, 30 Reg Ala inf Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas, Ill., applying for oath of allegience Dec (blank) 1864 (roll not dated but endorsement shows red'd Dec 19 '84) Where captured Marietta, Ga When Captured July 3 1864 Remarks Claims to have been loyal, enlisted to avoid conscription. deserted to avail himself of the amnesty proclamation. (number of roll 232, sheet 2) Roll Of Prisoners Of War H 30 ALA ELIJAH HORN sergt co F 30 Regt Ala Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., discharged May 17, 1865, pursuant to orders from Commissary General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C., dated May 8, 1865 Roll dated (not dated) Where captured Marietta, Ga When captured July 4 1864 Remarks Talladega (number of roll 189 sheet 3) Additional Comments: This shows Elijah was released on May 17, 1865 from the POW camp Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/photos/military/civilwar/rosters/mt131horn.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/military/civilwar/rosters/mt131horn.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb