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Georgia
Confederate Prisoner of War Camps |
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| Search, View, Print Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 |
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| Americus |
| Prison Type |
1, 2, and 3 |
| Operation Years |
1861, 1863-1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Andersonville (Camp Sumter, Castle Reed) |
| Prison Type |
6 |
| Operation Years |
1864-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
10,000 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
32,899 |
| Escapes |
329 |
| Deaths |
12,919 |
| Atlanta (East Point, Fulton County Jail) |
| Prison Type |
1 and 7 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Augusta |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1861, 1863-1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Blackshear |
| Prison Type |
6 |
| Operation Years |
1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
5,000 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
5,000+ |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Dalton |
| Prison Type |
7 |
| Operation Years |
1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
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Prison Types:
1) Existing jail/prison;
2) Coastal fortification;
3) Old buildings converted into prisons;
5) Cluster of tents enclosed by high fences;
6) Barren stockades;
7) Barren ground
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| Macon (Camp Oglethorpe) |
| Prison Type |
3 and 6 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
600 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
2,300 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Marietta |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1863 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Millen (Camp Lawton) |
| Prison Type |
6 |
| Operation Years |
1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
10,299 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
488+ |
| Savannah (3 prisons) |
| Prison Type |
1, 5, and 7 |
| Operation Years |
1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
6,000 |
| Escapes |
0 |
| Deaths |
2+ |
| Thomasville |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1864-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
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