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Arkansas Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Little Rock 3 1864-1865 — 718 3 217
Prison Types: 3) Old buildings converted into prisons.
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California Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Mare's Island 4 1863 — 20 0 0
Prison Types: 4) Barracks enclosed by high fences.
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Washington D.C. Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Arsenal Penitentiary 1 1861 — — — —
Carroll (Duff's Green Row) 3 1862-1865 1,000 2,763 16 457
Forrest Hall (Georgetown) 3 1861-1862 — — — —
Old Capitol 3 1861-1865 500 2,763 16 457+
Washington County Jail 1 1861 100 240 — —
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison 3) Old buildings converted into prisons.
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Delaware Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Fort Delaware 2 1861-1865 — 12,600 52 2,460
Prison Types: 2) Coastal fortification.
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Florida Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas Islands) 2 1864-1865 900+ 1,729 — —
Fort Pickens 2 1862-1865 — 146 11 2
Prison Types: 2) Coastal fortification.
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Kansas Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Fort Riley 2 1862 — 17 0 0
Prison Types: 2) Coastal fortification.
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Kentucky Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Columbus 1 1862 — — — —
Lexington 1 1862-1864 — — — —
Louisville 1 & 4 1863-1865 — 6,737 25 343
Paducah 3 1862-1863 — — — —
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 3) Old buildings converted into prisons; 4) Barracks enclosed by high fences.
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Illinois Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Alton 1 1862-1865 800 1,891 120 1,508
Camp Butler (Springfield) 4 1862-1863 2,100 2,186 203 866
Camp Douglas (Chicago) 4 1862-1865 6,000 12,082 317+ 4,454
Rock Island 4 1863-1865 10,080 8,607 41 1,960
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 4) Barracks enclosed by high fences.
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Indiana Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Camp Morton (Indianapolis) 3 & 7 1862-1865 2,000 5,000 150+ 1,763
Evansville 3 1862 — 500 — —
Fort Wayne 3 1862 — 500 — —
Lafayette 3 1862 — 500 — 28
New Albany 3 1862 — 500 — —
Richmond 3 1862-1863 500 500 — —
Terre Haute 3 1862 — 500 — —
Prison Types: 3) Old buildings converted into prisons; 7) Barren ground.
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Maryland Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Baltimore City Jail 1 1861-1863 — 700 — —
Camp Thunder 3 1862 — — — —
Fort McHenry (Baltimore Bastille) 2 1861-1865 600 6,957 37 33
Hope Slater 1 1861-1863 — — — —
Point Lookout (Camp Hoffman) 5 1863-1865 10,000 22,000 50 3,584
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 2) Coastal fortification; 3) Old buildings converted into prisons; 5) Cluster of tents enclosed by high fences.
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Massachusetts Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Fort Jefferson — — — — — —
Fort Warren 2 1861-1865 175 394 4 12
Prison Types: 2) Coastal fortification.
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Missouri Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Benton's Barrack 3 1861-1862 — — — —
Gratiot State Penitentiary 3 1861-1865 500 1,800 109+ 1,140
Guerrilla Prison (Bingham Building) 3 1863 — 15 — 5
Kansas City 3 1863 — 15 — 5
Missouri Penitentiary (Jefferson City) 1 1864 — 15 0 —
Myrtle State Penitentiary (Lynch's Slave Pen) 3 1861-1865 100 150 — —
St. Charles 1 1861 — — — —
Schofield Barracks 3 1861 — — — —
Springfield 3 1861 — — — —
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 3) Old buildings converted into prisons.
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Mississippi Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Fort Massachussetts (Ship Island) 2 1862-1863 — — — —
Prison Types: 2) Coastal fortification.
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New Mexico Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Fort Craig 3 1861 — — — 0
Prison Types: 3) Old buildings converted into prisons.
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New York Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Albany Penitentiary 1 1862-1863 — — — —
Castle Williams (Governor's Island) 2 1861-1865 250 713 — —
David's Island 4 & 5 1863-1865 1,800 3,000 — —
Edward's Island 5 1863-1864 — — — —
Elmira 4 1864-1865 5,000 9,441 17 2,933
Fort Columbus (Governor's Island) 2 1861-1865 250 — — —
Fort Lafayette (American Bastille) 2 1861-1865 50 163 2 2+
Fort Schuyler 2 1864-1865 500 500 — —
Fort Wood (Bedloe's Island) 2 1861,
1863-1864		 — 108 — 3
Hart's Island 4 & 5 1865 — 3,446 4 235
Ludlow Street Jail 1 1861 — — — —
New York City (13 prisons) 1 - 5 1861-1865 — — — —
Riker's Island 4 1864-1865 1,000 1,000 — —
Tombs 1 1861-1862 300 40 — —
Ward's Island 4 1863-1864 — — — —
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 2) Coastal fortification; 3) Old buildings converted into prisons; 4) Barracks enclosed by high fences; 5) Cluster of tents enclosed by high fences.
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Ohio Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Camp Chase (Columbus) 4 1861-1865 4,000 9,423 37 2,260
Camp Dennison 3 1862 — — — —
McClean Barracks (Cincinnati) 3 1863-1864 — 179 10 4
Johnson's Island 4 1862-1865 1,000 3,256 12 235
Ohio State Penitentiary 1 1863-1864 — 68 5 —
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 3) Old buildings converted into prisons; 4) Barracks enclosed by high fences; .
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Pennsylvania Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Allegheny Penitentiary 1 1862-1864 — — — —
Chester 3 1863 — — — —
Fort Delaware 2 1861-1865 — 12,600 52 2,460
Fort Mifflin 2 1863-1864 200 215 42 3
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 2) Coastal fortification; 3) Old buildings converted into prisons.
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Tennessee Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Memphis (Irving Block) 3 1864-1865 — 582 1 3
Nashville (Tennessee State Penitentiary, Maxwell House) 3 1863-1865 — 7,460 36 359
Prison Types: 3) Old buildings converted into prisons.
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Virginia Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Fort Monroe 2 1861-1865 — 50 0 —
Fort Norfolk 2 1864 — — — —
Newport News 5 1865 10,000 3,490 17 168
Libby Prison 1 1865-1868 — — — —
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 2) Coastal fortification; 5) Cluster of tents enclosed by high fences .
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West Virginia Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Charleston 1 1862-1863 — — — —
Wheeling (Atheneum) 1 & 3 1863-1865 — 497 12 2
Prison Types: 1) Existing jail/prison; 3) Old buildings converted into prisons.
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Wisconsin Prisoner of War Camps

P.O.W. Camp Name Prison Type Operation Years Max Prisoner Capacity Max Prisoner Held Escapes Deaths
Camp Randall (Wisconsin) 4 1862 3,000 1,260 — 142
Prison Types: 4) Barracks enclosed by high fences.
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