Prisoner of War Camps

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Prisoner of War Camps

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There were numerous "Prison Camps", both big and small, used during the Civil War. New information will be added to the prisons as we find it. Later in the war, after the Union army overran the Confederate prisons, they were used as Union prisons. This is why listings of some Confederate prisons are listed as Union prison camps in the latter days. See Also General Information on Confederate & Union Prisoner of War Camps

Confederate Prisons
Alabama: Includes Cahaba (Castle Morgan), Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, Talledega, Tuscaloosa Florida: Includes St. Augustine (Castle San Marcos) Georgia: Includes Americus, Andersonville (Camp Sumter, Castle Reed), Atlanta (East Point, Fulton County Jail), Augusta, Blackshear, Dalton, Fort Pulaski, Macon (Camp Oglethorpe, Smith Slave Mart), Marietta, Millen (Camp Lawton), Savannah (3 prisons-Camp Davidson), Thomasville Louisiana: Includes Baton Rouge, Parish (New Orleans), Shreveport Mississippi: Includes Fort Massachusetts (Ship Island), Jackson (Bridge Prison), Meridian North Carolina: Includes Charlotte, Goldsborough, Greensboro, Raleigh, Salisbury South Carolina: Includes Beaufort, Blackstone, Camp Lunacy/Camp Asylum (Columbia) Castle Pickney, Camp Sorghum (Columbia), Charleston (6 prisons), Charleston County Jail, Charleston Guard House, Charleston Race Course, Columbia (4 prisons-Killian's Mill), Florence, Hilton Head, Killian's Mill (Camp Maxey Gregg), O'Conner House, Richland County Jail, Roper Hospital Tennessee: Includes Fort Misner (Columbia), Knoxville, Memphis (Botanico-Medical), Nashville (Maxwell House),Swim's Jail (Chattanooga) Texas: Includes Boerne (Prison Town), Camp Ford, Camp Groce (Hempstead), Camp Van Dorn (Salado Camp), Camp Verde, Galveston, Houston, Huntsville (Texas State Penitentiary), San Antonio, San Pedro Springs Virginia: Includes Alexandria (Prince Street Jail), Atkinson's Factory, Barrett's Factory, Belle Isle, Castle Godwin (Lumpkin's Jail), Castle Lightening, Castle Thunder (Richmond, Gleanor's Factory, Palmer's Factory, Whitlock's Warehouse) , Danville, E.D.M. Prison, Edward's Prison, Franklin Street, General Hospital #1 (Shockoe Hill), Grant's Factory, Gwathmey Warehouse, Harwood's Factory, Libby Warehouse, Ligon's Warehouse, Lynchburg, Howard's Factory, Gordonsville, Henrico County Jail, Libby *, Mayo's Factory, McCurdy's Warehouse, McDaniel's Warehouse, Pemberton Warehouse (Crew's), Petersburg (Castle Thunder), Richmond (15 prisons- Virginia State Penitentiary), Ross's Factory, Scott's Factory, Smith's Factory, Taylor's Factory, Warwick & Barksdale Mill, Winchester (Frederick County Jail)
Union Prisons
Arkansas: Includes Little Rock California: Includes Mare's Island Delaware: Includes Fort Delaware Florida: Includes Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas Islands), Fort Pickens Kansas: Includes Fort Riley Kentucky: Includes Columbus, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah Louisiana: Includes Louisiana State House Illinois: Includes Alton, Camp Butler (Springfield), Camp Douglas (Chicago), Rock Island Indiana: Includes Camp Morton (Indianapolis), Evansville, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, New Albany, Richmond, Terre Haute Maryland: Includes Baltimore City Jail, Camp Parole, Camp Thunder, Fort McHenry (Baltimore Bastille), Hope Slater, Point Lookout (Camp Hoffman) Massachusetts: Includes Fort Jefferson, Fort Warren Missouri: Includes Benton's Barracks, Gratiot State Penitentiary, Guerrilla Prison (Bingham Building), Kansas City , Missouri Penitentiary (Jefferson City), Myrtle State Prison (Lynch's Slave Pen), St. Charles, St. Louis (4 different prisons), Schofield Barracks, Springfield New Mexico: Includes Fort Craig New York: Includes Albany Penitentiary, Camp Chemung, Castle Williams (Governor's Island), David's Island, Edward's Island, Elmira, Hamilton, Fort Columbus (Governor's Island ), Fort Lafayette (American Bastille), Fort Schuyler, Fort Wood (Bedloe's Island), Hart's Island, Ludlow Street Jail, New York City (13 different prisons), Riker's Island, Tombs Prison, Ward's Island Ohio: Includes Camp Chase (Columbus), Camp Dennison, McLean Barracks (Cincinnati), Johnson's Island, Ohio State Penitentiary Pennsylvania: Includes Allegheny Penitentiary (Pittsburgh and Western Penitentiarys), Camp Curtain, Chester, Fort Delaware, Fort Mifflin Tennessee: Includes Irving Block (Memphis), Nashville ( Tennessee State Penitentiary, Maxwell House), Virginia: Includes Fort Monroe, Fort Norfolk, Newport News and Libby Washington, D.C.: Includes Arsenal Penitentiary, Carroll (Duff's Green Row), Forest Hall (Georgetown), Old Capitol, Washington County Jail West Virginia: Includes Atheneum (Wheeling), Charleston Wisconsin*: Includes Camp Randell (Madison)