Unknown2018-04-242018-04-241945-06TRA-046-08-001http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/701116 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander."Late in the fall of 1861 Lieut. Col. Wm. Hoffman, commissary general of prisoners came to Sandusky and leased from Mr. L. B. Johnson about forty acres of land on Johnson's island, to be used for a prison for Confederate officers. The post was known officially as Depot Prisoners of War, Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio. The island is in Sandusky Bay, a little over three miles from the city."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.