POW Exchanges
Information on POW Exchanges in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1863-11-07, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 482-483; Report of U. S. Christian Commissioner regarding poor condition on Belle Isle and Scott's factory prisons. States there are 5,400 prisoners at Belle Isle
1863-11-08, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, p. 485; Complaint on conditions
1863-11-09, Richmond Sentinel; "outbreak" at Belle Isle suppressed
1863-11-26, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 572-574; Conditions at Libby and Belle Isle described
1863-11-27, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 586-588; Complaint on conditions at Belle Isle and Libby; also report on mortality at Belle Isle from Carrington (to Winder)
1863-12-05, Harper’s Weekly; article describing Belle Isle, and providing a highly propagandized engraving of the prison camp. Article describes suffering on Belle Isle, and mentions that 43 men are dying in Richmond hospitals each day
1863-12-16, Richmond Whig; editorial regarding Libby Prison
1863-12-25, Abingdon Virginian; female soldier discovered amongst the prisoners on Belle Isle – taken to Castle Thunder
1864-02-02, Richmond Examiner; former contract surgeon at Chimborazo has been paroled from a Northern prison
1864-02-04, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, p. 917; Butler requests an exchange

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