Civil War Prisons

During the Civil War approximately 460,000 Confederate soldiers were taken prisoner by the North. The Confederacy claimed more than 210,000.

Overcrowding, disease, starvation, and unimaginable cruelty were commonplace in Civil War Prisons.

More than 25,000 Confederate soldiers died in prison during the Civil War. More than 30,000 Federal prisoners of war died in prison.

Federal Civil War Prisons

• Alton Prison
• Camp Chase
• Camp Douglas
• Camp Randall
• Elmira
• Fort Delaware
• Fort Jefferson
• Fort McHenry
• Johnson's Island
• Ohio State Penitentiary
• Old Capitol Prison
• Point Lookout
• Rock Island

Confederate Civil War Prisons

• Andersonville
• Belle Isle
• Cahaba Prison
• Camp Ford
• Castle Pinckney
• Castle Thunder
• Danville Prison
• Libby Prison
• Salisbury Prison

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