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Work in progress
See Also:
Civil War Union Prisons (edit list)
| Prison
|
State
|
Type
|
Start
|
End
|
Capacity
|
Held
|
Escaped
|
Died
|
GPS
|
Notes
|
| Albany Penitentiary
|
NY
|
1
|
1862
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
Western Penitentiary
|
| Allegheny City
|
PA
|
1
|
1863
|
1864
|
?
|
118
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
| Alton
|
IL
|
1
|
1862
|
1865
|
800
|
1,891
|
120
|
1,508
|
|
@ St. Louis
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| Arsenal Penitentiary
|
DC
|
1
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ Washington DC
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| Atheneum
|
WV
|
1, 3
|
1863
|
1865
|
?
|
497
|
12
|
2
|
40.06265,
-80.72120
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@ Wheeling
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| Baltimore City Jail
|
MD
|
1
|
1861
|
1863
|
?
|
700
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ Baltimore
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| Benton Barracks
|
MO
|
3
|
1861
|
1862
|
?
|
?
|
?
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?
|
|
@ St. Louis
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| Camp Butler
|
IL
|
4
|
1862
|
1863
|
2,100
|
2,186
|
203
|
866
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|
@ Springfield IL
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| Camp Chase
|
OH
|
4
|
1861
|
1865
|
4,000
|
9,423
|
37
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2,260
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39.94389,
-83.07583
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@ Columbus
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| Camp Dennison
|
OH
|
3
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
39.19111,
-84.29056
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@ Cincinnati
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| Camp Douglas
|
IL
|
4
|
1862
|
1865
|
6,000
|
12,082
|
317+
|
4,454
|
41.83112,
-87.61178
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@ Chicago
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| Camp Hoffman
|
MD
|
5
|
1863
|
1865
|
10,000
|
22,000
|
50
|
3,584
|
38.04270,
-76.32150
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@ Point Lookout
aka Point Lookout
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| Camp Morton
|
IN
|
3, FG
|
1862
|
1865
|
2,000
|
5,000
|
150+
|
1,763
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39.79480,
-86.15206
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@ Indianapolis
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| Camp Randall
|
WI
|
4, FG
|
1862
|
1862
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3,000?
|
1,260
|
?
|
142
|
43.06972,
-89.40944
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@ Madison
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| Carroll Prison
|
DC
|
3
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1862
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1865
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1,000
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2,763
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16
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457
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38.89028,
-77.00444
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@ Washington DC
Duff Green's Row Prison
Old Capitol Prison
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| Castle Thunder
|
MD
|
3
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1862
|
1862
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
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| Castle Williams
|
NY
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
250?
|
713
|
?
|
?
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40.69280,
-74.01945
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@ New York City
Confederate EM
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| Charleston
|
WV
|
1
|
1862
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Chester
|
PA
|
3
|
1863
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Columbus
|
KY
|
1
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| David's Island
|
NY
|
4, 5
|
1863
|
1865
|
1,800
|
3,000
|
?
|
?
|
40.88361,
-73.76985
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@ New York City
|
| Edward's Island
|
NY
|
5
|
1863
|
1864
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
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| Elmira
|
NY
|
4
|
1864
|
1865
|
5,000
|
9,441
|
17
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2,933
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42.08153,
-76.82280
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@ Elmira NY
Camp Rathbun
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| Evansville
|
IN
|
3
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
500
|
?
|
?
|
|
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| Forrest Hall
|
DC
|
3
|
1861
|
1862
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ Washington DC
Georgetown Prison
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| Fort Columbus
|
NY
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
250?
|
?
|
?
|
?
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40.69139,
-74.01611
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@ New York City
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| Fort Craig
|
NM
|
3
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
33.63524,
-107.01331
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|
| Fort Delaware
|
DE
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
?
|
12,600
|
52
|
2,460
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39.58952,
-75.56736
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| Fort Jefferson
|
FL
|
2
|
1864
|
1865
|
900+
|
300+
|
?
|
?
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24.62861,
-82.87333
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Dry Tortugas Island Prison
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| Fort Lafayette
|
NY
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
50
|
163
|
2
|
2+
|
40.60833,
-74.03861
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@ New York City
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| Fort Massachusetts (1)
|
MS
|
2
|
1864
|
1865
|
|
4,430
|
5
|
103
|
30.212304,
-88.972102
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Ship Island
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| Fort McHenry
|
MD
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
600
|
6,957
|
37
|
33
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39.26165,
-76.58105
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@ Baltimore
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| Fort Mifflin
|
PA
|
2
|
1863
|
1864
|
200
|
215
|
42
|
3
|
39.87539,
-75.21296
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|
| Fort Monroe
|
VA
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
?
|
50
|
?
|
?
|
37.00413,
-76.30724
|
|
| Fort Norfolk
|
VA
|
2
|
1864
|
1864
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
36.85684,
-76.30628
|
|
| Fort Pickens
|
FL
|
2
|
1862
|
1865
|
?
|
146
|
11
|
2
|
30.327,
-87.2907
|
|
| Fort Pulaski
|
GA
|
2
|
1864
|
1865
|
336?
|
558
|
0
|
0
|
32.02722,
-80.89028
|
|
| Fort Riley
|
KS
|
2
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
17?
|
?
|
8
|
39.06328,
-96.78430
|
|
| Fort Schuyler
|
NY
|
2
|
1864
|
1865
|
500
|
500?
|
?
|
?
|
40.80525,
-73.79156
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@ New York City
|
| Fort Wayne
|
IN
|
3
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
500
|
?
|
?
|
|
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| Fort Warren (2)
|
MA
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
175
|
394
|
4
|
12
|
42.32034,
-70.92776
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@ Boston
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| Fort Wood (2)
|
NY
|
2
|
1861
|
1864
|
?
|
108
|
0
|
3
|
40.68997,
-74.04542
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@ New York City
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| Governors Island
|
NY
|
2
|
1861
|
1865
|
500
|
|
1
|
47
|
|
@ New York City
Castle Williams- EM
Fort Jay - Officers
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| Gratiot Street
|
MO
|
3
|
1861
|
1865
|
500
|
1,800
|
109+
|
1,140
|
38.620236,
-90.197148
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@ St. Louis
aka McDowell Medical College
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| Guerrilla Prison
|
MO
|
3
|
1863
|
1863
|
?
|
15
|
?
|
5
|
|
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| Hart's Island
|
NY
|
4, 5
|
1865
|
1865
|
?
|
3,446
|
4
|
235
|
|
@ New York City
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| Hilton Head
|
SC
|
1, 3, 5
|
1864
|
1865
|
800?
|
800
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Hope Slater
|
MD
|
1
|
1861
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ Baltimore
|
| Johnson's Island
|
OH
|
4
|
1862
|
1865
|
1,000
|
3,256
|
12
|
235
|
|
|
| Kansas City
|
MO
|
3
|
1863
|
1863
|
?
|
15
|
?
|
5
|
|
|
| Knoxville
|
TN
|
1
|
1863
|
1864
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
4?
|
|
|
| Lafayette
|
IN
|
3
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
500
|
?
|
28
|
|
|
| Lexington
|
KY
|
1
|
1862
|
1864
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Little Rock
|
AR
|
3
|
1864
|
1865
|
?
|
718
|
3
|
217
|
|
|
| Louisiana State House
|
LA
|
1
|
1862
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Louisville
|
KY
|
1, 4
|
1863
|
1865
|
?
|
6,737
|
25
|
343
|
|
|
| Ludlow Street Jail
|
NY
|
1
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ New York City
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| Mare's Island
|
CA
|
4
|
1863
|
1863
|
?
|
20
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| McLean Barracks
|
OH
|
3
|
1863
|
1864
|
?
|
179
|
10
|
4
|
|
@ Cincinnati
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| Memphis
|
TN
|
3
|
1864
|
1865
|
?
|
582
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
| Missouri Penitentiary
|
MO
|
1
|
1864
|
1865
|
?
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
| Morris Island
|
SC
|
5
|
1864
|
1864
|
558?
|
558
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
| Moyamensing Penitentiary
|
PA
|
1
|
1863
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Myrtle Street
|
MO
|
3
|
1861
|
1865
|
100
|
150
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ St. Louis
aka Lynch's Slave pen
|
| Nashville
|
TN
|
3
|
1863
|
1865
|
?
|
7,460
|
36
|
359
|
|
@Nashville
Tennessee State Penitentiary
|
| New Albany
|
IN
|
3
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
500
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Newport News
|
VA
|
5
|
1865
|
1865
|
10,000
|
3,490
|
17
|
168
|
36.99488,
-76.40467
|
@ Newport News
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| Ohio Penitentiary
|
OH
|
1
|
1863
|
1864
|
?
|
68
|
5
|
0
|
|
|
| Old Capitol
|
DC
|
3
|
1861
|
1865
|
500
|
2,763
|
16
|
457
|
|
@ Washington DC
|
| Paducah
|
KY
|
3
|
1862
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
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|
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| Parish Prison
|
LA
|
1
|
1863
|
1865
|
?
|
1,856
|
226
|
213
|
|
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| Richmond
|
IN
|
3
|
1862
|
1863
|
500
|
500
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Riker's Island
|
NY
|
4
|
1864
|
1865
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ New York City
|
| Rock Island
|
IL
|
4
|
1863
|
1865
|
10,080
|
8,607
|
41
|
1,960
|
41.51890,
-90.54622
|
@ Rock Island
|
| St. Charles
|
MO
|
1
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Schofield Barracks
|
MO
|
3
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ St. Louis
|
| Springfield
|
MO
|
3
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ Springfield MO
|
| Terre Haute
|
MO
|
3
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
|
500
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ Terre Haute
|
| Tombs Prison
|
NY
|
1
|
1861
|
1862
|
300
|
40
|
0
|
0
|
|
@ New York City
|
| Ward's Island
|
NY
|
4
|
1863
|
1864
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ New York City
|
| Washington County Jail
|
DC
|
1
|
1861
|
1861
|
100
|
240
|
?
|
?
|
|
@ Washington DC
|
Sources:
* Speer, Lonnie R., Portals to Hell:Military Prisons of the Civil War, Stackpole Books, 1997, Mechanicsburg, PA, ISBN 0-8117-0334-7, 410 pages
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Types:
1 - Existing jail or prison
2 - Coastal fortification
3 - Converted building
4 - Barracks w high fence
5 - Tent clusters w high fence
6 - Barren stockades
7 - Converted fairgrounds (FG)
8 - Guarded open area (OA)
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