Voigt, Robert H., family papers, 1832-1942 (bulk 1861-1866)

Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...

Voigt family.

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Born in Germany, Robert H. Voigt (b. 1832) had moved to Texas by 1852. Within three years, he married Ann Schweikart, with whom he had at least three children. During the Civil War, Voigt enlisted in the Confederate Army, becoming a major and commander of a company in Waul's Texas Legion in 1862. The next year, Voigt was captured by Union soldiers at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he stayed until the end of the war. Throughout his...

Voigt, Anna Schweikart,

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Confederate States of America. Army. Waul's Texas Legion

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Voigt, Robert H., b. 1832

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Born in Germany, Julius Robert Voigt (b. 1832; known as Robert) had moved to Texas by 1852. Within three years, he married Ann Schweikart, with whom he had at least three children; his great grandson was Robert H. Voigt. During the Civil War, Julius Robert Voigt enlisted in the Confederate Army, becoming a major and commander of a company in Waul’s Texas Legion in 1862. The next year, Voigt was captured by Union soldiers at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and imprisoned at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, where ...