An illustration of the Rock Island Prison Barracks. While Rock Island was initially established as an arsenal for the Union Army in 1862, it became a prison barracks the following year when Captain Charles A. Reynolds, under the orders of Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs, began to survey and construct a camp to accommodate 10,080 POWs. The first prisoners arrived in December 1863 and the camp would eventually house 12,192 prisoners during its two years of operations.
| Date Taken: | 06.02.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 06.02.2022 14:25 |
| Photo ID: | 7250484 |
| VIRIN: | 220602-A-A4479-001 |
| Resolution: | 3331x2688 |
| Size: | 1.18 MB |
| Location: | ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ILLINOIS, US |
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Arsenal of Democracy: A History of Rock Island Arsenal from its beginnings through the Civil War
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