FAQ's

Camp Chase was a Federal Prison Camp, the majority of records from Camp Chase are part of the United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Confederate Civil War Service Records [US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR)] are available on Fold3. Fold3 is an online subscription database for military records, and you may be able to access it remotely through your public library with your library card. The Civil War Service Records for Confederate soldiers were made from a variety of sources, including Union prison registers and rolls, so this is a good starting point to determine if your person served time in a prisoner of war camp. 

Another database that may be useful is U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 on Ancestry.com. This database contains records relating to Civil War Prisoners of War (POW). The database is comprised of four National Archives (NARA) microfilm series.

NARA United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 are also on FamilySearch. Although not name searchable, you can use the browse feature to select records from Camp Chase and page through much like viewing microfilm.

The following items are available to researchers in the Archives & Library at the Ohio History Center:

SAS 1588 Parole records of prisoners held at Camp Chase - Parole records of Confederates held at Camp Chase during the Civil War. 

MSS 3973 VFM 1209 Camp Chase records - List of officer prisoners captured February 16, 1862 at Fort Donelson, Tennessee and received at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, March 11, 1862.

SAS 86 Prisoners' list, Camp Chase - Entries include prisoner's name and remarks such as date and place of capture, rank, regiment and death.

SAS 1425 Military prison record, Camp Chase and Johnson's Island - Entries include prisoner's name, characteristics (rank or occupation), date received, home state, where imprisoned, discharge information, and remarks. Includes index.

SAS 2235 Book of the Confederate dead - Lists Confederate prisoners who were buried in Ohio at Camp Chase, Camp Dennison, and Johnson's Island. Entries include name, date of death, company, regiment, and grave number. Maps of cemeteries are provided.