“Ware, William enlisted in Co M, 7th Reg Ind Vol Cav; was captured in the battle of Okolona, and was confined for some time in Andersonville prison; was paroled, afterward exchanged, and is still in the service, July, 1865. Son of Isaac N. Ware, Jackson tp.”
Reference Data:
Directory of Soldiers\' Register of Wayne Co., Indiana, 1865, page 404
There was a program on Public Television just a short time ago about this horrible Andersonville prison and the conditions there. Many suffered so much that death was their only hope. It could be classified as the Holocaust on our soil.
C. Wayne Ware
Cedar Falls, IA