Andersonville Prison Camp (CSA)
Andersonville is the prison camp most often touted
by Northerners to defame the Confederacy but the
Union had its share of equally horrible camps.
Prison camps on both sides produced photos of pitiful,
diseased and starved prisoners.
Although set up to contain 10,000 men, at its peak it held over 32000, becoming the fifth largest city in the Confederacy.
Belle Isle Prison (CSA)
Beautiful Belle Isle, in the James River at Richmond, became a Confederate prison after 1st Bull Run, confining Union noncommissioned officers and enlisted men.
Blackshear Prison (CSA)
Cahaba Prison (CSA)
Camp Chase (USA)
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery,located at 2900 Sullivant Ave, Columbus,Ohio, encloses within its less than two acres the mortal remains of 2,087 Confederate soldiers.
Camp Douglas (USA)
Originally designed as a training station, this facility was
converted to a POW camp in 1862. It was designed with a capacity for 6000 men, but during its most crowded they managed to cram in over 12,000.
Camp Ford (CSA)
Camp Ford was the largest Confederate Prisoner of War Camp west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. Established in August of 1863, the camp was not closed until May 19, 1865. At its peak in July 1864, over 5,300 prisoners were detained there.
Camp Randall (USA)
Castle Pinckney (CSA)
The Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus was a three-story stone structure with heavy iron bars on the windows and doors of cell blocks. It was used to house hardened convicts until July 30, 1863.
Old Capitol Prison (USA)
The Old Capitol Prison was located on the present site of the U.S. Supreme Court building, First Street and �A� Street NE in Washington DC.
Point Lookout (USA)
Constructed on the tip of the peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay. 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. Over 50,000 men, both military and civilian, were held prisoner there.
Richmond's Castle Thunder (CSA)
Mainly used for civilian prisoners, it was generally packed with murderers and thieves. Males suspected of disloyalty, spies and Union
sympathizers were also incarcerated here.
Rock Island Prison (USA)
One of the westernmost federal prisons for confederate POWs was located on Rock Island, a government owned island in the Mississippi River
between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island and Moline, Illinois.
Salisbury Prison (CSA)
Castle Thunder (CSA)
Danville Prison (CSA)
Designed for 3700, at its most crowded, they put 4000 men in here.
Used from '63-'65; just under 1300 men died here.
Elmira Prison Camp (USA)
This camp was considered by many to be the "Andersonville of the North" because although its capacity was designed for 5000, just under 3,000 people died here.
Florence Military Stockade (CSA)
The Florence Prison Stockade was in operation for approximately 5 months during the time period of Sept 1864 through Feb 1865. During this time, as many as 15 to 18,000 Union soldiers were held captive.
Fort Delaware (USA)
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.
Fort Jefferson (USA)
One of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War and had a well deserved reputation as America's Devil's Island.
Fort McHenry (USA)
nicknamed "The Baltimore Bastille".
Johnson's Island (USA)
Johnson's Island served as a Prisoner of War depot for Confederate Officers from April, 1862 through September, 1865. During that time, over 10,000 Southern officers found themselves confined on the island.
Libby Prison (CSA)
More than 50,000 men passed thru this prison while it was used by the Confederacy.
