Charleston Military Prison
Union POWs Exchanged
3 Aug 1864

One of the last exchanges was held in Charleston Harbor, 3 August 1864, 50 Union Officers for 50 CSA Officers. The following is a list of the Union Officers. The 50 CSA Officers were from the famous group called "The Immortal Six Hundred", whose story puts a lie to the unequal treatment of Union and Confederat POW's.

Full Name Rank Unit Co
Baker, William F. Major 10 US Colored Infantry F
Baldwin, Clark B. Lieutenant Colonel 1 Massachusetts Infantry E
Bartholomew, Walter G. Lieutenant Colonel 27 Massachusetts Infantry H
Bates, Erastus N. Major/Colonel 18 Illinois Infantry HQ
Beeres ( Beers ), Charles H. Major 16 Illinois Cavalry HQ
Bolinger, Henry C. Colonel 7 Pennsylvania Reserves
( 36 Pennsylvania ) 		D
Brown, Hiram L. Colonel 145 Pennsylvania Infantry F
Burnham, John N. Lieutenant Colonel 16 Connecticut Infantry C
Carpenter, Daniel A. Major 2 Tennessee Infantry C
Clark, John E. Major 5/8 Michigan Cavalry E
Cook, William A. ( R. ) Lieutenant Colonel 2 Tennessee Cavalry  
Crandall, Walter C. Major 85 New York Infantry C
Dana, Edmund L. Colonel 143 Pennsylvania Infantry F
Dickerson, Christopher J. Lieutenant Colonel 10 Michigan Infantry F
Fardella, Enoch ( Enrico ) Colonel 85 New York Infantry F
Fellows, John T. ( F. ) Lieutenant Colonel 17 Massachusetts Infantry T
Frambles ( Frambes ), Granville A. Lieutenant Colonel 59 Ohio Infantry B
Glenn, William H. Lieutenant Colonel 89 Ohio Infantry A
Grant, Horace D. Major 4 Michigan Cavalry I
Grover, Isaac ( Ira ) G. Colonel 7 Indiana Infantry E
Hall, Josiah Major / Colonel 1 Vermont Cavalry F
Harriman, Walter Colonel 11 New Hampshire Infantry F
Hawkins, Isaac K. ( R. ) Colonel 7 Tennessee Cavalry F
Hayes, Edwin L. ( S. ) Lieutenant Colonel 100 Ohio Infantry F
Heckman, Charles A. Brigadier General U. S. Army  
      State Service Colonel 9 New Jersey Infantry F
Higginbotham ( Higinbotham ), Thomas H. Lieutenant Colonel 65 New York Infantry K
Hunter, Henry B. Lieutenant Colonel 123 Ohio Infantry F
Johnson, James H. Major 11 Tennessee Cavalry L
Joslin, George C. Lieutenant Colonel 15 Massachusetts Infantry I
LaGrange, Oscar H. Colonel 1 Wisconsin Cavalry F
Lasselle, William P. Lieutenant Colonel 9 Indiana Infantry K
Lee, Horace C. Colonel 27 Massachusetts Infantry F
Lehmann, Theodore F. Colonel 103 Pennsylvania Infantry F
Maxwell, Wilson C. Lieutenant Colonel 103 Pennsylvania Infantry L
Mayhew, James D. Lieutenant Colonel 8 Kentucky Infantry A
Mc Mackin ( Mc Macken ), Warren E. Lieutenant Colonel 21 Illinois Infantry F
Miles, David Lieutenant Colonel 79 Pennsylvania Infantry B
Moffitt, Stephen Lieutenant Colonel 96 New York Infantry B
Olcott, Egbert Lieutenant Colonel 121 New York Infantry F
Polsley, John J. Lieutenant Colonel 7 West Virginia Cavalry T
Rodgers, Andrew F. Lieutenant Colonel 80 Illinois Infantry F
Scammon, Eliakim P. Brigadier General U. S. Army  
      State Service Colonel 23 Ohio Infantry F
Seymour, Truman Brigadier General U. S. Army  
Shaler, Alexander Brigadier General U. S. Army  
      State Service Major 7 New York State Militia F
Spofford, John P. Lieutenant Colonel 97 New York Infantry H
Stewart, James W. Lieutenant Colonel 2 Iindiana Cavalry EFS
Swift, Frederick W. Lieutenant Colonel 17 Michigan Infantry F
Taylor, Alexander W. Lieutenant Colonel 101 Pennsylvania Infantry H
Wessells, Henry W. Brigadier General U. S. Army  
      State Service Colonel 8 Kansas Infantry F
White, Richard Colonel 55 Pennsylvania Infantry TS

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