| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1861/12/00 | After North Carolina secedes from the Union, the CSA turns a 20-year-old abandoned cotton mill into a military prison. Entrance to stockade was on E Bank St beyond the railroad bridge, Salisbury Confederate Prison Garrison House remains at 224 E Bank St. | |||||
| 1864/10/00 | Designed to accommodate 2,500 prisoners, Salisbury Confederate Prison by October 1864 held 5000, and 10,000 soon after that. | |||||
| 1864/10/00 | Due to a 28 percent death rate, Salisbury Confederate Prison begins burying victims in mass graves. Eighteen trenches each 240 feet long, were eventually dug for the estimated 5,000 POW's. | |||||
| 1864/10/05 | General T W Hall reports that 10,321 prisoners arrived Salisbury Confederate Prison between 5 October 1864 and 17 February 1865, and that 2,918 died at the hospital, while 3,479 were buried. | |||||
| 1864/12/18 | New York Tribune | Publisher | Albert Richardson escapes Salisbury, NC, prison. His list of Union soldiers who died at Salisbury, published in the Tribune, is the only authentic account of their fate. | |||
| 1864/12/18 | Albert D Richardson | Union Spy | Albert Richardson escapes Salisbury, NC, prison. His list of Union soldiers who died at Salisbury, published in the Tribune, is the only authentic account of their fate. | |||
| 1865/02/00 | Union prisoners are moved to Greensboro and Wilmington, North Carolina. | |||||
| 1865/04/00 | George Stoneman | Union General | Union Gen George Stoneman arrives in Salisbury, burns the prison and installs a wood fence built around the graves. | |||
| 1870/00/00 | Salisbury National Cemetery is established. It contains three monuments erected to the men who died at the Salisbury Confederate Prison by the Federal Government and the states of Pennsylvania and Maine. |
| Particulars for Salisbury National Cemetery: | |
|---|---|
| Historic Use | Cemetery |
| Architectural Style | Dutch Colonial Revival |
| Owner | Federal |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Sight Category | Site |
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