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Prisoners taken at the Battle of Honey Springs I.T

I've been on a quest looking into the unhappy fate of the soldiers of Texas 20th Cav. (dismounted) taken prisoner at the Battle of Honey Springs I.T

I finally ran across the records of one Pvt T.J Meyers

Captured: Honey Springs, Creek Nation, Arkansas, July 17, 1863

Prisoner-of-War Camps: 1) Fort Blunt, Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation (August 1863), 2) Gratiot Street Military Prison, St. Loius, MO (October, 1863), and 3) Camp Morton, Indianapolis, IN. (November, 1863)

Initially refused to take oath of allegiance. Finally took oath on May 22, 1865 and was released from Camp Morton to return to Texas.

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