(Above: From the SUVCW Poster set on Andersonville; Available for school checkout)
Attached below is a list of the men from Erie County's three main Civil War Regiments that were confined for some time to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. In the XCEL file, those whose names have highlighted information were the men who survived or were moved out of Andersonville. Those unhighlighted names are the men who are known to have been buried in the national cemetery at Andersonville. By researching the local men who are highlighted and conducting a name search for them in the NEWSBANK files within the older newspapers from Erie County, qw can hopefully discover some of their stories from the past.
One on the six men who was condemned by his peers to be a murderous "Raider"--and who was hanged for his predatory activities upon the weak--was a former deserter from the 83rd PA VOL REGIMENT (the "Strong Vincent Regiment"). Patrick Delaney was convicted along with five other principal leaders of the Raiders, and is buried apart from the thousands of Union soldiers who lost their lives at the prison.
A few of the surviving veterans were asked to share their stories by local newspapers in the decades following the Civil War. We hope to share their names and stories in future posts to this website. Those interested in accessing the XCEL list of Andersonville inmates from the 83rd, 111th and 145th Regiments can do so "HERE." We'll be adding the names of those from the "Bucktail Regiments" a bit to the south of Erie County at a future date.
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