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Re: CW Holding Camp/Prison at Golconda, IL

"How do you find the provost reports"
Ruth,
I did not find the provost reports. What I am saying is that if the were a holding facility of anykind at Golconda, there would be reports made out by the Provost of that command in regards to the names and the dates of the prisoners both when they came under their control and when they were passed onto some other command or facility. I would suspect that that area would be with in the District of Cairo or it might have been controlled by the Nave at Mound City Illinois. I don't know which would be correct. In any case if your ancestor was under Federal control at that time, the records are probably at the Army War College at Carlise, PA or at the Library of Congress in Washington. If he was under the control of the State of Illinois, the records are at the Archive Building in Springfield. I called the archives the other day to see if they had records of a prison facility in Golconda and the man said he did not know of any so I would guess that it was either a Federal facility or a temporary facility. I will check some more for you and let you know what I find. You might also click on to the red outlined box at the top of the page and see if Mr. Martin can help you with this.
Frank

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