SOUTHERN
1910
ERECTED BY THE ROBERT PATTON CHAPTER
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
OF CINCINATTI OHIO,
IN MEMORY OF THE SOUTHERN SOLDIERS
WHO DIED IN THE FEDERAL PRISON
ON THIS ISLAND
DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
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DEAD, BUT SCEPTERED SOVEREIGNS,
WHO RULE US FROM THE DUST.
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THE STONE UPON WHICH THIS IS INSCRIBED
WAS PLACED BY THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSISSIPPI
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MASONS WHO SLEEP HERE

Front of Granite Tablet / Right of Monument and
"THE LOOKOUT" is Inscribed:

Layout of iron fence with gravesites identified, most within the fence but some located outside.

THE JOHNSON'S ISLAND COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF OHIO DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY AND THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES L0NGSTREET CAMP 1658, SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, AND OTHERS LOYAL TO THE CAUSE IN THE COURSE OF ITS MISSION, DISCOVERED ADDITIONAL REMAINS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE IRON FENCE IN NUMBERS GREATER THAN IS PRESENTED BY THE EXTANT 1890 GRAVE MARKERS. CONCURRENTLY THE COMMITTEE RESEARCHED THE BURIAL RECORDS, STATE ROSTERS AND OTHER PRIMARY DOCUMENTS TO DEVELOP A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PERISHED ON THE ISLAND AND IN THE SOLITARY PRISON CAMP.

THESE MONUMENTS (GRANITE TABLETS) WERE HUMBLY DEDICATED ON 21 JUNE 2003, TO THE IMMORTAL SOULS OF THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR SOUTHERN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM.

Back of Right Granite Tablet is Inscribed:

Names of Southern Officers and Soldiers buried from ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND and STATE UNKNOWN

IN THIS HALLOWED GROUND SURROUNDED BY THE IRON FENCE AND GATES THAT DATE TO 1912, ARE TWO HUNDRED SIX MARBLE GRAVE MARKERS. THESE MARKERS WERE PLACED IN 1890, COURTESY OF THE CITIZENS OF GEORGIA, REPLACING THE ORIGINAL HAND CARVED WOODEN MARKERS. IN 1904 THE ROBERT PATTON CHAPTER 449 UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY PURCHASED THE CEMETERY AND CARED FOR IT UNTIL IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A FORMAL CEREMONY ON 5 JUNE 1932.

TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN SETS OF REMAINS OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE PRISON CAMP FROM 1862 TO 1865 HAVE BEEN LOCATED THROUGH THE USE OF NON-INVASIVE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR. THESE EARTHLY REMAINS ARE GUARDED BY "THE LOOKOUT"; THE BEAUTIFUL BRONZE STATUE, CREATED BY CONFEDERATE STATES VETERAN SIR MOSES EZEKIEL, THAT WAS DEDICATED IN 1910. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE CONFEDERATE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN WHO PERISHED IN THE PRISON HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, THOUGH SOME SOURCES INDICATE THAT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED DIED WHILE IMPRISONED ON THE ISLAND. THIS WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND PRIMARY RESOURCES AT THE TIME.

THE JOHNSON'S ISLAND COMMITTEE LEAVES TO FUTURE GENERATIONS, PERHAPS YET UNKNOWN, AND TO TECHNOLOGY YET DEVISED, TO FULLY RECONCILE THE INFORMATION.

Back of Left Granite Tablet is Inscribed:

Names of Southern Officers and Soldiers buried from MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS and VIRGINIA