Nicholas T. Vipperman

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Nicholas Vipperman
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1844
Home in 1850: Southern District, Patrick, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 305
Household Members:
Daniel Vipperman 41
Martha Vipperman 17
William Vipperman 16
Sally Vipperman 12
Washington Vipperman 9
Emanuel J Vipperman 8
Nicholas Vipperman 6
Mary Vipperman 3
Joseph Vipperman 0

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nicholas T Vipperman
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: South District, Patrick, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Ararat
Household Members:
Daniel Vipperman 49
Martha Vipperman 28
Nicholas T Vipperman 15
Polly A Vipperman 12
Joseph A Vipperman 10
Ruth E J Vipperman 5
Hezekiah O Vipperman 2 months
Nancy Clifton 72

CIVIL WAR RECORDS

Name: Nicholas Vipperman
Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Patrick Court House, Virginia
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 March 1862.
Enlisted in Company I, 24th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 10 Mar 1862.
Died Company I, 24th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 7 Oct 1863 at Fort Delaware, DE.

Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Nicholas T Vipperman
Residence: Patrick Court House, Virginia
Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Patrick Court House, Virginia
State Served: Virginia
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, Virginia 24th Infantry Regiment on 10 Mar 1862.
Mustered out on 07 Oct 1863 at Fort Delaware, DE.
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Died:
During the Civil War, Fort Delaware was a prisoner-of-war camp housing captured Confederates, convicted federal soldiers, local political prisoners as well as privateers. In 1863, the barracks for enlisted prisoners of war was known as the "bull pen," according to Pvt. Henry Robinson Berkeley a Confederate prisoner. Most of the Confederates captured at Gettysburg were imprisoned here.

By August 1863, there were more than 11,000 prisoners on the island; by war?s end, it had held almost 33,000 men. The conditions were decent. Statistically, the overall death rate for prisoners was about 7.6 percent. Half of the total number of deaths occurred during a smallpox epidemic in 1863. Inflammation of the lungs (243 deaths), various forms of diarrhea (315 deaths) and smallpox (272 deaths) were the leading killer amongst the prison population.

"Things here are not quite as bad as I expected to find them. They are, however, bad, hopeless and gloomy enough without any exaggeration," said Pvt. Henry Berkeley. "We went into dinner about three o'clock, which consisted of three hardtack, a small piece of meat (about three bites) and a pint tin cup of bean soup. We only get two light meals a day."

Berkeley, Henry R., Four years in the Confederate Artillery: The Diary of Private Henry Robinson Berkeley. Richmond, VA: