Civil War Union Prisons

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**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
Arsenal Penitentiary	DC	1	1861	1861	?	?	?	?		@ Washington DC
Atheneum	WV	1, 3	1863	1865	?	497	12	2	40.06265, -80.72120	@ Wheeling
Baltimore City Jail	MD	1	1861	1863	?	700	?	?		@ Baltimore
Benton Barracks	MO	3	1861	1862	?	?	?	?		@ St. Louis
Camp Butler	IL	4	1862	1863	2,100	2,186	203	866		@ Springfield IL
Camp Chase	OH	4	1861	1865	4,000	9,423	37	2,260	39.94389, -83.07583	@ Columbus
Camp Dennison	OH	3	1862	1862	?	?	?	?	39.19111, -84.29056	@ Cincinnati
Camp Douglas	IL	4	1862	1865	6,000	12,082	317+	4,454	41.83112, -87.61178	@ Chicago
Camp Hoffman	MD	5	1863	1865	10,000	22,000	50	3,584	38.04270, -76.32150	@ Point Lookout aka Point Lookout
Camp Morton	IN	3, FG	1862	1865	2,000	5,000	150+	1,763	39.79480, -86.15206	@ Indianapolis
Camp Randall	WI	4, FG	1862	1862	3,000?	1,260	?	142	43.06972, -89.40944	@ Madison
Carroll Prison	DC	3	1862	1865	1,000	2,763	16	457	38.89028, -77.00444	@ Washington DC Duff Green's Row Prison Old Capitol Prison
Castle Thunder	MD	3	1862	1862	?	?	?	?
Castle Williams	NY	2	1861	1865	250?	713	?	?	40.69280, -74.01945	@ New York City Confederate EM
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	@ New York City
Edward's Island	NY	5	1863	1864	?	?	?	?
Elmira	NY	4	1864	1865	5,000	9,441	17	2,933	42.08153, -76.82280	@ Elmira NY Camp Rathbun
Evansville	IN	3	1862	1862	?	500	?	?
Forrest Hall	DC	3	1861	1862	?	?	?	?		@ Washington DC Georgetown Prison
Fort Columbus	NY	2	1861	1865	250?	?	?	?	40.69139, -74.01611	@ New York City
Fort Craig	NM	3	1861	1861	?	?	?	0	33.63524, -107.01331
Fort Delaware	DE	2	1861	1865	?	12,600	52	2,460	39.58952, -75.56736
Fort Jefferson	FL	2	1864	1865	900+	300+	?	?	24.62861, -82.87333	Dry Tortugas Island Prison
Fort Lafayette	NY	2	1861	1865	50	163	2	2+	40.60833, -74.03861	@ New York City
Fort Massachusetts	MS	2	1864	1865		4,430	5	103	30.212304, -88.972102	Ship Island
Fort McHenry	MD	2	1861	1865	600	6,957	37	33	39.26165, -76.58105	@ Baltimore
Fort Mifflin	PA	2	1863	1864	200	215	42	3	39.87539, -75.21296
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	@ New York City
Fort Wayne	IN	3	1862	1862	?	500	?	?
Fort Warren	MA	2	1861	1865	175	394	4	12	42.32034, -70.92776	@ Boston
Fort Wood	NY	2	1861	1864	?	108	0	3	40.68997, -74.04542	@ New York City
Governors Island	NY	2	1861	1865	500		1	47		@ New York City Castle Williams- EM Fort Jay - Officers
Gratiot Street	MO	3	1861	1865	500	1,800	109+	1,140	38.620236, -90.197148	@ St. Louis aka McDowell Medical College
Guerrilla Prison	MO	3	1863	1863	?	15	?	5
Hart's Island	NY	4, 5	1865	1865	?	3,446	4	235		@ New York City
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
Mare's Island	CA	4	1863	1863	?	20	?	?
McLean Barracks	OH	3	1863	1864	?	179	10	4		@ Cincinnati
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
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	?	?	?	?
Parish Prison	LA	1	1863	1865	?	1,856	226	213
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						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)