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Johnson Island Civil War Prison and Fort Site | |
 The cemetery at Johnson's Island | |
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| Location | Johnson's Island, Marblehead, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°29′47″N 82°44′05″W / 41.4963°N 82.7346°W |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architect | Hoffman, Col. William H.; Et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001514[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 27, 1975 |
| Designated NHL | June 21, 1990[2] |
| Johnson's Island Prison | |
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| Part of American Civil War prison camps | |
| Johnson's Island, Marblehead, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States | |
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| Type | Union Prison Camp |
| Site information | |
| Owner | L. B. Johnson, U.S. Government |
| Controlled by | Union Army |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1862–1865 |
| Demolished | 1865 |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Union soldiers, Confederate officer prisoners of war |
Johnson's Island is a 300-acre (120 ha) island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the city of Sandusky, Ohio. It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate officers captured during the American Civil War. Initially, Johnson's Island was the only Union prison camp exclusively for Confederate officers[3] but eventually it held privates, political prisoners, persons sentenced to court martial and spies.[4] Civilians who were arrested as guerrillas, or bushwhackers, were also imprisoned on the island.[5] During its three years of operation, more than 15,000 men were incarcerated there.
The island was named after L. B. Johnson,[6] the owner of the island beginning about 1852. It was initially named 'Bull's Island' by its first owner, Epaphras W. Bull, around 1809 (later misspelled "Epaproditus" Bull, by local-historians[7]).
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Johnson's Island Civil War Prison Archived October 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Buckley, Owen. "Johnson's Island POW Camp". MHUGL. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places – Nomination Form for Johnson's Island Civil War Prison and Fort Site. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Ohio, 1964 - 2013. National Archives Catalog. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Johnson's Island Confederate Civil War Prison Cemetery
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 66.
- ^ History of Ottawa County (Ohio) 175 years; Patty O'Keeffe, 2016