CW Prisons
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Civil War era prisons were not a place any soldier wanted to end up. Countless records and accounts of abuse, deprivation, and outright torture underscore the brutality that became associated with the vast majority of these holding pens for captured enemy combatants.
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Northern (Union) Prisons
Arkansas
Little Rock
California
Mare’s Island
Delaware
Fort Delaware
Florida
Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas Islands)
Fort Pickens
Kansas
Fort Riley
Kentucky
Columbus
Lexington
Louisville
Paducah
Illinois
Alton
Camp Butler (Springfield)
Camp Douglas (Chicago)
Rock Island
Indiana
Camp Morton (Indianapolis)
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
New Albany
Richmond
Terre Haute
Maryland
Baltimore City Jail
Camp Parole
Camp Thunder
Fort McHenry (Baltimore Bastille)
Hope Slater
Point Lookout (Camp Hoffman)
Massachusetts
Fort Jefferson
Fort Warren
Missouri
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
Schofield Barracks
Springfield
New Mexico
Fort Craig
New York
Albany Penitentiary
Camp Chemung
Castle Williams (Governor’s Island)
David’s Island
Edward’s Island
Elmira
- Elmira, Civil War Death Camp (Guest Blog)
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
Riker’s Island
Tombs Prison
Ward’s Island
Ohio
Camp Chase (Columbus)
Camp Dennison
McLean Barracks (Cincinnati)
Johnson’s Island
Ohio State Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Penitentiary
Camp Curtain
Chester
Fort Delaware
Fort Mifflin
Tennessee
Irving Block (Memphis)
Nashville ( Tennessee State Penitentiary)
Virginia
Fort Monroe
Fort Norfolk
Newport News
Libby
Washington, D.C.
Arsenal Penitentiary
Carroll (Duff’s Green Row)
Forest Hall (Georgetown)
Old Capitol
Washington County Jail
West Virginia
Atheneum (Wheeling)
Charleston
Wisconsin
Camp Randell (Madison)
