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Missouri Union 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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| Benton's Barrack |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Gratiot State Penitentiary |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
500 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
1,800 |
| Escapes |
109+ |
| Deaths |
1,140 |
| Guerrilla Prison (Bingham Building) |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1863 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
15 |
| Escapes |
0 |
| Deaths |
5 |
| Kansas City |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1863 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
15 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
5 |
| Missouri Penitentiary (Jefferson City) |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
15 |
| Escapes |
0 |
| 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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| Myrtle State Penitentiary (Lynch's Slave Pen) |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
100 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
150 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| St. Charles |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1861 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Schofield Barracks |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Springfield |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
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