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Union Prisoner-of-War Camps and Military Prisons

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Sgt William Preston Revere Kirkman, (CSA) (1836 - 1863)
Sgt. William Preston KirkmanDied, on the night of the 2nd July, of wounds received on the 1st, at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., Sgt. W. Preston Kirkman, son of Dr. George Kirkman of Chatham Co., N.C.,...
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20091832/wiley-p-kirkman

CPL Wiley P. Kirkman, (CSA) (1841 - 1865)
Name also shows on records as Wiley Pretiss Kirkman.Enlistment:- 20 years of age at time of enlistment- Enlisted on Jun 10 1861 at Chatham County, NC as PrivateMustering information:- Enlisted into G C...
Brevet Brig. Gen. William Pitt Richardson (USA) (1824 - 1886)
William Pitt Richardson (May 25, 1824 - August 4, 1886) was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio, USA. He was Ohio Attorney General in 1865.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17361660/phillip-heishman

Pvt. Phillip B. Heishman, (CSA) (1838 - 1916)
Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy : Aug 17 2023, 3:37:14 UTC
Pvt Jason Madison Brazelton, (CSA) (1832 - 1903)
Company C. 50th ALABAMA INFANTRYJason was born June 1832 near Gurley, Alabama. He enlisted 16 December 1862 at Huntsville, Alabama. He was captured in February 1865 and imprisoned at Nashville, Tenness...

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This master project will be the portal listing the various Union POW camps and prisons, and those who were prisoners and guards.

Camp Butler - Springfield, Illinois - 3,000 (the largest of the Union's eight prison camps established for Confederate non-commissioned officers and privates).
Camp Chase – Columbus, Ohio - 10,000 (the largest of the Union's eight prison camps established for Confederate non-commissioned officers and privates).
Camp Douglas – Chicago, Illinois - 18,000 (the largest of the Union's eight prison camps established for Confederate non-commissioned officers and privates).
Camp Morton - Indianapolis, Indiana - 3,000 (the largest of the Union's eight prison camps established for Confederate non-commissioned officers and privates).

(Numbers for inmate totals are approximate.)

Alton Prison -- Alton, Illinois - 12,000
Castle Williams -- Governors Island, New York City - 1,500
Davids' Island – New York City - 2,500
Elmira Prison – Elmira, New York - 12,000
Fort Delaware – Delaware City, Delaware - 12,500
Fort Lafayette -- New York City - 163
Fort McHenry -- Baltimore, Maryland - 6,900
Fort Warren – Boston Harbor, Massachusetts - 1,000 (General officers for the Confederacy).
Gratiot Street Prison – St. Louis, Missouri - 2,000
Hart Island -- New York City - 3,400
Johnson's Island – Lake Erie, Sandusky Bay, Ohio - 10,000 (Lesser commissioned officers from the Confederacy; which also housed political prisoners).
Ohio Penitentiary – Columbus, Ohio - 360
Old Capitol Prison – Washington, D.C. - 300
Point Lookout – Saint Mary's County, Maryland - 52,000
Rock Island Prison – Rock Island, Illinois - 12,000 (Numbers for inmate totals are approximate.)

Sources for prison numbers:

National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior Historical Publications Inc., Civil War News
Gratiot Street Prison, Civil War St. Louis
Illinois State Historical Library
Ohio Penitentiary
The "Old Capitol" Prison, By Colonel N. T. Colby
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War
University of Texas
The American Civil War
"Prisoner of War Camps". Family History 101. Retrieved 17 February 2011.