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Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the start of the Civil War through to 1863 a parole exchange system saw most prisoners of war swapped relatively quickly.
Pages in category "American Civil War prison camps" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Captives in Blue: The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy (2013) excerpt and text search ch 4 pp 57-73 covers US Army parole camps in the North; Parole of Civil War Prisoners, civil war.com; Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, pa-roots.com. The American Civil War: 365 Days, from the Library of Congress, by Margaret Wagner, entry for October 6 ...
In June 1863, Camp Groce was reopened as a prison camp for Union prisoners captured in the Battles of Galveston (January 1, 1863) and Sabine Pass I (January 21, 1863). The Union prisoners of war taken at the Battle of Sabine Pass II (September 8, 1863) were also sent to Camp Groce; 427 Union prisoners were held at Camp Groce in 1863 and 21 died.
Camp Morton was a military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the American Civil War. It was named for Indiana governor Oliver Morton. Prior to the war, the site served as the fairgrounds for the Indiana State Fair. During the war, Camp Morton was initially used as a military training ground.
Camp Ford Historic Site and Park (profile). Washington, D.C.: American Battlefield Trust, retrieved online August 4, 2019. Texas Beyond History: Camp Ford. Austin, Texas: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. Civil War Prisons, in CensusDiggins.com. The American Civil War; Prisoner of War Camps
Camp Lawton or the Millen Prison was a stockade which held Union soldiers who been taken as prisoners-of-war during the American Civil War. Located beside the Augusta and Savannah Railroad right-of-way five miles north of what was then Millen Junction (now Millen ) in Burke County (since 1905 in Jenkins County ), the new prison facility was ...
Camp Chase was an American Civil War training and prison camp established in May 1861, on land leased by the U.S. Government. [4] It replaced the much smaller Camp Jackson which was established by Ohio Governor William Dennison Jr as a place for Ohio's union volunteers to meet. [4] It originally operated from a city park.