Finn's Point
In April, 1862, Fort Delaware, a masonry fortification located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, received its first prisoners of war- a total of 358 Confederate soldiers from the Battle of Kernstown, Va. By January, 1866 when the fort was discontinued as a prison, the number of men confined had reached 22,773. This total includes southern soldiers, officers and political prisoners.
House Report No. 45- 3rd Session, 40th Congress (1868-69) states that 2,502 of these men died on the island. Of this number, the bodies of 2,436 soldiers and 36 civilians were buried in trenches at Finn's Point National cemetery on the New Jersey shore overlooking Fort Delaware. Identification was soon lost. Later a granite obelisk was erected in their honor. Around the monument's base bronze plaques bear the names of the interred. Three soldiers' bodies were turned over to friends and relatives for private burial; 27 are unaccounted for.
The Centennial Committee of the Civil War Round Table of Wilmington, Delaware, headed by Joseph O. Ferguson, has compiled and published this record as a project contributing to Delaware's Civil War Centennial Commission's commemorative program.
There are 135 Union soldiers interred here, of which 105 have their names listed on the Cairn, or Union, Monument. (Only 104 are listed). The rest of the interments are Confederate soldiers, marked by a monument erected by the United States government in 1910, and a few political prisoners whose graves are marked by granite headstones.
Names A - E are listed on this page. F - L are listed on finn2.htm and M - Z are listed on finn3.htm.
| LAST | FIRST | RANK | CO. | DEATH | REGIMENT | MARKED_BY | STATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABLE | J. S. | D | 10/1/1863 | 13TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ABOTT | C. S. | I | 9/22/1863 | 18TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ADAMA | WILLIAM | F | 1/3/1864 | 43RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| ADAMS | JAMES | D | 7/29/1863 | 1ST INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| ADAMS | L. | I | 9/8/1863 | 14TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| ADAMS | OREGON | K | 6/1865 | 12TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ADKINS | A. J. | 11/21/1863 | ALEXANDER'S BATT ART | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | ||
| ADKINS | B. F. T. | E | 9/11/1864 | 16TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ADKINS | HENRY | E | 8/7/1863 | 57TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ADKINS | JOHN | A | 11/12/1863 | 2ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | MISSISSIPPI | |
| ADKINS | WILSON | B | 10/15/1863 | 18TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| AGEE | J. M. | E | 10/17/1863 | 61ST INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| AKERS | S. N. | E | 4/2/1865 | 36TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ALBERTY | A. P. J. | H | 10/11/1863 | 22ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| ALDERSON | H. | 2LT. | F | 3/30/1865 | 1ST CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE |
| ALDMAN | M. C. | CORP. | F | 11/22/1863 | 1ST CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE |
| ALDRIDGE | A. J. | C | 12/26/1863 | 1ST CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | KENTUCKY | |
| ALDRIDGE | J. H. | LT. | 4/17/1862 | 17TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TEXAS | |
| ALEXANDER | A. C. | H | 9/7/1863 | 7TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| ALEXANDER | JAMES | I | 10/12/1863 | 26TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ALEXANDER | W. C. | G | 2/8/1864 | 15TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ALFORD | THOMAS R. | B | 8/7/1863 | 3RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | LOUISIANA | |
| ALLDRIDGE | SGT. H. W. | B | 6/13/1864 | 19TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ALLEN | E. | E | 7/31/1864 | 7TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ALLEN | J. B. | B | 5/6/1865 | 51ST INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ALLEN | JESSE J. | A | 7/5/1863 | 3RD CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | MISSOURI | |
| ALLEN | JOSIAH | K | 8/26/1863 | 23RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| ALLEN | W. D. | D | 9/25/1863 | 60TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| ALLEN | WADE | 2LT. | D | 5/6/1864 | 3RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | SOUTH CAROLINA |
| ALLISON | J. F. | A | 7/11/1864 | 2ND CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| ALTERS | J. B. | A | 7/19/1864 | 5TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| ALTOP | LOUIS | K | 5/7/1865 | 19TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ALVINSON | W. | E | 10/4/1863 | 51ST INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| AMICK | JOHN | H | 7/25/1863 | 16TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| ANDERSON | C. E. | C | 5/7/1865 | 19TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | LOUISIANA | |
| ANDERSON | ELI D. | E | 12/9/1864 | 37TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ANDERSON | H. | 1LT. | E | 4/8/1864 | 12TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE |
| ANDERSON | H. B. | B | 10/8/1862 | 12TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| ANDERSON | J. | 9/30/1864 | CIVILIAN | CONF. MONUMENT | FLORIDA | ||
| ANDERSON | J. | A | 9/19/1863 | 1ST ART | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ANDERSON | LEWIS | I | 4/9/1865 | 16TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ANDERSON | S. M. | K | 4/6/1864 | 15TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ANDERSON | W. F. | C | 4/8/1865 | 8TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ANDIS | S. P. | A | 5/17/1865 | 64TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ANDREWS | C. B. | DRUMMER | A | 9/26/1862 | MD INF | CAIRN (UNION) MONUMENT | MARYLAND |
| ANDREWS | GEORGE W. | E | 5/6/1864 | 50TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ANDREWS | J. | G | 7/21/1864 | 3RD CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | CSA | |
| ANGLIN | J. H. | D | 10/8/1863 | 38TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ARCHER | LEVI | E | 10/7/1863 | 9TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ARD | J. | B | 11/28/1863 | 15TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | SOUTH CAROLINA | |
| ARDELL | RICHARD | F | 9/26/1863 | 21ST INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ARKANSAS | |
| ARNOLD | W. H. | 8/6/1864 | FRY'S BATT | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | ||
| ARTHER | F. M. | H | 8/17/1863 | 9TH CAV (MALONE'S) | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| ARTHUR | ELKANAH | B | 12/13/1863 | 14TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| ATKINSON | B. A. | D | 3/20/1864 | 8TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | CSA | |
| ATKISSON | S. S. | H | 3/19/1865 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | SOUTH CAROLINA | |
| ATWOOD | MOSES A. | 8/6/1863 | CIVILIAN (RESIDENCE TWIGG CO.) | CONF. MONUMENT | KENTUCKY |
| LAST | FIRST | RANK | CO. | DEATH | REGIMENT | MARKED_BY | STATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABER | JAMES R. | G | 10/12/1863 | 3RD CAV (MALONE'S) | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BABSON | BERRY | K | 10/3/1863 | 20TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BACHUS | CHARLES | H | 6/15/1863 | 31ST INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BAGGETT | J. C. | K | 7/17/1863 | 38TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BAILEY | JAMES | B | 10/16/1863 | 4TH CAV (RUSSELL'S) | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BAILEY | JOHN H. | K | 6/23/1863 | 33RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BAILEY | W. H. | H | 5/2/1865 | 22ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BAIRD | STG. WILLIAM G. | F | 3/16/1864 | 13TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BAISDER | Z. | D | 8/7/1864 | 34TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BAKER | (UNK) | CORP. | C | 7/31/1864 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ARKANSAS |
| BAKER | ELLIJAH | A | 6/30/1863 | 40TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | MISSISSIPPI | |
| BAKER | GEORGE | C | 9/5/1863 | 1ST CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BAKER | JEHU | K | 10/10/1863 | 23RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BAKER | JNO. L. | G | 11/13/1863 | 42ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BAKER | W. A. | G | 7/1/1863 | 46TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BALDWIN | DANIEL W. | E | 11/25/1863 | 52ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BALL | W. M. | SGT. | D | 8/7/1864 | COCKE'S INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ARKANSAS |
| BALL | WILLIAM M. | I | 2/27/1865 | 2ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | MISSISSIPPI | |
| BANE | WILLIAM H. | I | 6/23/1865 | 36TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BANISTER | N. | B | 11/2/1863 | 3RD BATLN MTD RIFLES | CONF. MONUMENT | KENTUCKY | |
| BANNER | J. W. | D | 8/10/1863 | 57TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BARBER | RANSOM R. | C | 10/31/1863 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BARBRA | J. W. | H | 12/25/1864 | 37TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BARCO | JOS. P. | 1LT. | G | 7/29/1864 | 9TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | FLORIDA |
| BAREFOOT | J. B. | I | 10/9/1863 | 55TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BAREFOOT | J. M. | A | 10/24/1863 | 24TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | MISSISSIPPI | |
| BARGERON | N. | B | 7/16/1862 | 7TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | LOUISIANA | |
| BARKER | B. | C | 7/21/1863 | 16TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| BARKER | J. W. | A | 7/5/1864 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | KENTUCKY | |
| BARKER | JOHN H. | E | 10/19/1863 | 18TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BARNES | E. J. | B | 8/6/1864 | 33RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BARNES | H. J. | F | 2/21/1865 | 2ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ARKANSAS | |
| BARNES | JACOB H. | C | 8/25/1863 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BARNES | WILLIAM R. | CORP. | F | 12/9/1863 | 2ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | FLORIDA |
| BARNETT | C. A. | K | 12/25/1864 | 1ST CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | KENTUCKY | |
| BARNETT | J. M. | E | 6/18/1863 | 27TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BARNHARDT | W. M. | D | 9/1/1863 | 34TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BARR | THOMAS S. | K | 12/28/1863 | 13TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | MISSISSIPPI | |
| BARR | WILLIAM T. | B | 10/24/1862 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | FLORIDA | |
| BARRETT | J. L. | D | 8/24/1864 | 3RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ARKANSAS | |
| BARRON | THOMAS | F | 8/1/1863 | 60TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| BARTHOLOMEW | S. | 8/10/1862 | CONF. MONUMENT | ||||
| BARTLETT | E. H. | E | 8/20/1863 | 8TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BARTON | W. | C | 8/10/1864 | 33RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BASDON | J. | I | 10/19/1863 | 1ST CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BASMIGHT | AMOS | F | 10/6/1863 | 11TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BATCHELOR | W. | I | 6/20/1865 | 60TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BATCHELOR | W. C. | E | 10/17/1863 | 47TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BATHURST | BENJAMIN M. | PVT | A | 3/7/1863 | 157TH INF | CAIRN (UNION) MONUMENT | PENNSYLVANIA |
| BATT | M. | C | 4/29/1864 | 7TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BAUGHN | T. C. | C | 5/22/1864 | JONE'S BATLN | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BAUSEL | JOSEPH | C | 8/21/1863 | 62ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BAYGEANTS | R. W. | E | 9/20/1863 | 6TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BEAN | T. D. | B | 5/28/1865 | NELSON'S ART | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BEAN | WILEY J. | E | 1/13/1864 | 13TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BEARD | J. A. | A | 8/18/1863 | 7TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BEARD | JNO. W. | C | 3/6/1865 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BEASLEY | J. C. | B | 3/5/1864 | 15TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BEATMAN | J. | K | 9/27/1863 | 13TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BEAVER | M. | SGT. | E | 4/17/1863 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA |
| BECKETT | J. D. | D | 7/16/1864 | 27TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BEELK | J. W. | SGT. | H | 3/16/1864 | 20TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE |
| BEHER | JACOB | 9/17/1863 | CIVILIAN | CONF. MONUMENT | MARYLAND | ||
| BELEW | J. T. | 3/18/1863 | CHARLOTTESVILLE ART | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | ||
| BELL | ALEXANDER B. | C | 9/24/1863 | 5TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BELL | BENJAMIN D. | F | 10/8/1863 | 43RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BELL | H. T. | B | 3/26/1865 | 23RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BELL | OCUS | B | 2/7/1864 | 15TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BELL | SAMUEL C. | SGT. | K | 9/21/1863 | 15TH NF | CONF. MONUMENT | ARKANSAS |
| BELL | W. J. | D | 10/24/1863 | 2ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | FLORIDA | |
| BENNETT | J. W. | K | 9/20/1863 | 8TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | ALABAMA | |
| BENNETT | JOHN | B | 4/15/1864 | 22ND INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BENNETT | SOLOMON | E | 3/5/1865 | 10TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | MISSISSIPPI | |
| BENNETT | WILLIAM JR. | H | 1/4/1864 | 53RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BERNARD | W. H. | G | 10/8/1863 | 1ST BATLN. CAV (STIRMAN'S) | CONF. MONUMENT | ARKANSAS | |
| BERRILL | S. N. | 12/10/1862 | 10TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | ||
| BERRY | A. R. | H | 5/10/1865 | 10TH INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BERRY | JNO. | D | 5/28/1865 | 3-7 BATLN RESERVES | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BERRY | R. W. | H | 9/14/1863 | 23RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BERTSCH | JACOB | RECT | 3/5/1862 | USA | CAIRN (UNION) MONUMENT | ||
| BEST | WILLIAM B. | A | 9/30/1863 | 8TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | CSA | |
| BEVEL | B. C. | H | 8/14/1863 | 3RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | TENNESSEE | |
| BIBB | JNO. A. | 12/20/1864 | CHARLOTTESVILLE ART | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | ||
| BIGGER | ROBERT M. | PVT | G | 10/9/1862 | 2ND L. A. | CAIRN (UNION) MONUMENT | PENNSYLVANIA |
| BIGGERS | A. H. | E | 1/30/1865 | 4TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | NORTH CAROLINA | |
| BIGLER | J. | H | 9/28/1864 | 1ST CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | SOUTH CAROLINA | |
| BIRCH | W. J. | F | 7/20/1864 | 6TH CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BIRD | J. | I | 9/3/1864 | 33RD INF | CONF. MONUMENT | VIRGINIA | |
| BIRKLEY | H. C. | C | 7/14/1864 | WHITE'S CAV | CONF. MONUMENT | < |