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Georgia
Confederate Prisoner of War Camps |
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| Alexandria (Prince Street Jail) |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1861 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
0 |
| Atkinson's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Barrett's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
1,200 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Belle Isle |
| Prison Type |
6 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
3,000 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
10,000 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
300+ |
| Castle Godwin (Lumpkin's / McDaniel's Jail) |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
75 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
600 |
| Escapes |
0 |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Castle Lightning |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Castle Thunder |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
1,400 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
3,000+ |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Danville |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1863-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
3,700 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
4,000 |
| Escapes |
70+ |
| Deaths |
1,297 |
| E.D.M. Prison |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Edward's Prison |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Gordonsville |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Grant's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1863-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Gwathmey Warehouse |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| General Hospital #1 (Shockoe Hill) |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1863 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Harwood's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Henrico County Jail |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Howard's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1865 |
| 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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| Libby Warehouse |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
1,000 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
4,221 |
| Escapes |
60+ |
| Deaths |
20+ |
| Ligon's Warehouse |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
500 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
600 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Lynchburg |
| Prison Type |
1, 3, and 7 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
500 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
500+ |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Mayo's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1863 |
| Maximum Capacity |
500 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
500 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| McCurdy's Warehouse |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1863 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Pemberton's Warehouse (Crew's) |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Petersburg |
| Prison Type |
3 and 7 |
| Operation Years |
1863-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Richmond City Jail |
| Prison Type |
1 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Richmond (15 prisons) |
| Prison Type |
1 and 3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
13,500 |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
200+ |
| Ross's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
200 |
| Escapes |
0 |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Scott's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1863-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Smith's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1863-1865 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Taylor's Factory |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1861-1862 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Warwick & Barksdale Mill |
| Prison Type |
3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1863 |
| Maximum Capacity |
4,000 |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
| Winchester (Frederick County Jail) |
| Prison Type |
1 and 3 |
| Operation Years |
1862-1864 |
| Maximum Capacity |
?? |
| Most Prisoners Held |
?? |
| Escapes |
?? |
| Deaths |
?? |
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