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Civil War Confederate Prisons (edit list)
Prison State Type Start End Capacity Held Escaped Died GPS Notes
Alexandria VA 1 1861 1861
Americus GA 1 1861 1864
Andersonville GA 6 1864 1865 10,000 32,899 329 12,919 32.19567,
-84.13412
Camp Sumter
Atlanta GA 1 1861 1864
Augusta GA 1 1861 1864
Baton Rouge LA 3 1961 1962
Belle Isle VA 6 1862 1864 3,000 10,000 0 300~
Blackshear GA 6 1864 1864 5,000 5,000
Boerne TX 6 1862 1862 350 0 0
Cahaba AL 3 1863 1865 500 3,000 225 Castle Morgan
Camp Ford TX 6 1863 1865 4,900 4 232
Camp Groce TX 3 1863 1863 500 20
Camp VanDorn TX OA 1861 1861 ? ? ? ?
Camp Verde (3) TX OA 1861 1862 350 29.89077,
-99.12087
Castle Goodwin VA 3 1861 1862 75 600 ? ?
Castle Lightning VA 3 1862 1862 ? ? ? ? 37.53897,
-77.43986
6th & Carey St, Richmond
Castle Pinckney SC 2 1861 1862 150 300 0 0
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)