From the North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction History Center: "From Fort Fisher to Elmira" byccwinslow394, submitted by Tom Fagart.
When Fort Fisher fell, the exact number of Confederates captured is not known, but it is known that the majority of them, 1,154 men, were sent to Elmira Prison in New York.
Other Union prisons also received those captured at Fort Fisher:
639 to Point Lookout Prison, Maryland
97 to Fort Columbus Prison in New York Harbor (Officers)
61 to Fort Delaware Prison in Delaware
22 to Fort Morgan Prison in Virginia (I am unable to find this place.)
The Union Navy ships used to transport the prisoners north were the California, DeMolay, General Lyon and North Point. (I could only find additional information on these ships on the tragedy of the General Lyon.)
--Old B-Runner
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