Dry Tortugas National Park

This finding aid describes the James B. Felton Papers, part of the NPS History Collection.

During the Civil War, over 400,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were held prisoner at more than 150 diff erent prison sites. Approximately 56,000 of these died in captivity. Although Andersonville is the most famous Civil War prison, it is only one of many Civil War military prisons that are…