Union POW Camps

Listed below are all the known Union Prison Camps, some with links for further  information.  Please notify the webmaster if you have information on other prisons.

State Prison, Alton, Illinois
Illinois in the Civil War
Alton in the Civil War

Blackshear, Georgia
Blackshear Prison Camp

Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois
Camp Butler Prison Cemetery

Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio
Camp Chase

Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois
Camp Douglas

Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana
Camp Marton

Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland

Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin
WER Gallery

Elmira, Elmira, New York

Fort Columbus, New York

Fort Delaware, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fort Delaware

Fort Lafayette, New York

Fort Massachusetts, West Ship, Island, 10 miles off Mississippi coast.
Ship Island

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Georgia
National Monument

Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
Fort Warren

Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Missouri
Gratiot Street Prison

Hart's Island, New York
City Concentration Camp

Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio
Descendents of Johnson Island Prison
Johnson’s Island Preservation Society

Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C.
Old Capitol Prison

Point Lookout (Camp Hoffman), St. Mary's County, Maryland
http://www.mycivilwar.com/pow/md-point_lookout.htm

Rock Island, in the Mississippi River, Illinois
Rock Island Prison

Beaufort, South Carolina
(Note: This camp served as both a Union and a Confederate Prison Camp)
Cemetery

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