Johnson's Island
Military Prison Camp
In 1861 the United States Army established a prisoner of war camp on Johnson's Island, approximately 1 mile south of this point. The camp, which housed captured Confederate officers, was maintained until 1865 when it was dismantled. The camp cemetery contains the graves of 206 men who died as a result of disease, wounds or by execution while incarcerated.
Marker is at the intersection of East Bay Shore Road and Gaydos Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Bay Shore Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
