Benjamin F Tarr, Landsman, US Navy, Civil War, Died in Andersonville Prison.

Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 2 results for Benjamin F Tarr

Name: Tarr, Benjamin F.
Rank: Landsman.
Enlistment/Muster In: 26 Jul 1862
Discharge/Muster Out: 12 Jun 1865
Remarks: USS Alleghany and I. N. Seymour. and Southfield

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934about Benjamin F Tarr
Name: Benjamin F
State Filed: Maryland and Pennsylvania
Widow: Mary H Tarr
Roll Number: T288_463

U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about Benjamin F Tarr
Name: Benjamin F Tarr
Publication: M1469
Pension Approval: Approved
File Number: 79487
Certification Number: 38084
Fiche Number: 37280

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865about B F Tarr
Name: B F Tarr
Side: Union
Roll: M1303_4
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65

The Andersonville prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, served as a Confederate Prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War. The site of the prison is now Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville, Georgia. Most of the site actually lies in extreme southwestern Macon County, adjacent to the east side of Andersonville. It includes the site of the Civil War prison, the Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum. 12,913 of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners died there because of starvation, malnutrition, diarrhea, disease, abuse and blunt weapon executions from guards

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