Finn's Point Cemetery

RFD #3, Fort Mott Rd.
Salem, NJ 08079

        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.

A

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

B

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