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Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery

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Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery
Address:
Johnson Island Causeway, Marblehead, OH 43440

Johnson's Island is a 300-acre island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles 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 exclusively for Southern officers but eventually held privates, political prisoners, persons sentenced to court martial and spies. Civilians who were arrested as guerrillas, or bushwhackers, were also imprisoned on the island. During its three years of operation, more than 15,000 men were incarcerated there. The island is named after L. B. Johnson, the owner of the island beginning about 1852. It was originally named 'Bull's Island' by its first owner, Epaphras* W. Bull, about 1809. [*- later misspelled Epaproditus Bull, by local-historians.]
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