Letters:

Letters from prisoners offer great insight into how the prison was being viewed by its unwilling occupants.

Thomas Skinner - April 15, 1862

Diaries:

Another aspect of our investigation includes diary readings from prisoners and guards who were at Johnson's Island. A selection from these readings is posted here.

William Peel - April 15-May 31, 1864

Robert Smith - April 29-May 6, 1864

See also "In Their Own Words."