Prisons Civil War Wars United States North America By Region
Prisons Civil War Wars United States North America By Region
“The prison struck me as being at best but a miserable makeshift. The day I saw them, they were a sweltering mass of humanity, each unit of which was confined to a space of not more than twenty feet. This of itself was sufficient to make the prison unsanitary. But that was not all...” The topic of war conveys images of death and destruction - but even more heinous than the slain on a battle field is the gruesome pictures and stories of the Civil War prisoners. This category is dedicated to telling their stories so that they may be remembered.
Top: Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Wars: Civil War: Prisons
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Camp Douglas - Detailing conditions and treatment of Confederate soldiers in this Northern prison of war camp.
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Prisons - Details about the locations that were used as prisons during the Civil War in Richmond, Virginia.
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The Johnson's Island Autograph Book Of Lt. Samuel Dibble - Compilation of 221 Confederate officer autographs from Johnson's Island prison.
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Vermonters in Rebel Prisons - The final statements of each artillery, cavalry and infantry regiment, representing 28, 884 troops, of whom 2, 180 were taken prisoner and 601 died in prison.
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Salisbury Civil War Prison and National Cemetery - History and modern photographs from the prison site.
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Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates - Dedicated to the 11,000 lives were lost at Point Lookout yet not accounted for.
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Friends and Descendants of Johnson's Island Civil War Prison - From April of 1862 until September of 1865, over 9,000 Confederates passed through Island's Military Prison, leaving behind an extensive historical and archaeological record. History, research, and educational programs.
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A Soldier's Story - An electronic edition of "Prison Life and Other Incidents in the War of 1861-'65," by Miles O. Sherrill of Catawba County, North Carolina.
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Fort Delaware Society - Now known as Fort Delaware State Park, the fort not only still exists, it is very much as it was when it held over 40,000 Confederate, Federal and civilian political prisoners. Will conduct search for individual prisoners upon request.
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Camp Chase - History of the Camp Chase prison camp, its Confederate pow's, as well as of the men in Camp Chase Cemetery.
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Imagesof the Civil War - Prisoners and Prisons - Photos taken in both northern and southern prisons in the US Civil War.
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FlorenceStockade - The society for the preservation of this Civil War prison stockade site, and the memory of the prisoners and those who guarded them.
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Civil War - Confederate and Union Prisoners of War - Searchable directory and categorized lists of registered prisoners taken during this conflict.
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Alton, Illinois Civil War Confederate Prison - The first prisoners arrived at the Alton Federal Military Prison on February 9, 1862. During the next three years, over 11,764 Confederate prisoners would pass through its gates.
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Point Lookout, Md., Prison Camp Records - In the two years during which the camp was in operation, August, 1863, to June, 1865, Point Lookout overflowed with inmates, surpassing its intended capacity of 10,000 to a population numbering between 12,500 and 20,000. In all, over 50,000 men, both mili
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Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library - Deals with the infamous Civil War Prison camp located in Elmira, NY.
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Point Lookout POW Descendants Organization - This site is dedicated to those men, women, and children who suffered while imprisoned at Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates from 1863 to 1865 in the state of Maryland during the War for Southern Independence.
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The Trial of Captain Henry Wirz - Explicit details of the trial of Captain Henry Wirz, Commandant of one of the most infamous Civil War prison camps - Andersonville.
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Charleston Race Course Prison Dead - Union Civil War soldiers who died in Charleston, SC, were reinterred after the war in either the Florence or Beaufort National Cemeteries in South Carolina.
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Brothers Bound - One of the darker sides of the Civil War was the fate of those people, men and some women, captured and taken prisoner in the line of duty. This site is dedicated to the memories of all our ancestors whose lives were touched by these dark places.
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Camp Morton - Civil War Camp and Union Prison - The history of the Camp in Indianapolis, Indiana. First used as a recruitment camp then as a prison during the Civil War. Photographs, monuments, and links.
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Gratiot Street Prison - Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the main Union prison for the Civil War in the West. Includes transcribed prisoner lists from Gratiot ledgers.
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Salisbury Confederate Prison - The only Confederate Prison that was located in North Carolina was in the town of Salisbury. The prison was established on November 2, 1861. Includes property plats, guard photos, paintings and descriptive text.
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Andersonville Civil War Prison Camp - Andersonville National Historic Site was designated by the U.S. Congress as a memorial to all POWs in American history. Park programs interpret the accounts of other Civil War POW camps, both North and South.
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The Story of One Union Soldier - On September 3rd, 1862 at the age of 25, Bernard McKnight enlisted in the Union Army (Massachusetts 3rd Cavalry) and would go to fight in America's Civil War, a conflict of which he probably had little understanding.
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Civil War Prisons, Illinois - Names and locations of prisons in Illinois used during the Civil War. One is Rock Island, constructed 1863, which is one of the largest and most notorious prison camps in the North. Almost 2000 Confederate soldiers were buried here.
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Rock Island, IL Confederate POW's - Complete listing of Confederate prisoners who died in the Union prison camp at Rock Island, Illinois.
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