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Union Prisons

According to the U.S. Record and Pension Office, Confederate soldiers captured by the Union numbered 462,634. Of this total 247,769 were paroled on the field, mainly in various surrenders, and 25,976 died in prison.

Illinois
    New York
    Delaware
    Maryland
    Indiana
    Virginia
    Ohio
    Florida
    Washington, D.C.
    Missouri
    Massachusetts
    Pennsylvania

    Confederate Prisons

    According to the U.S. Record and Pension Office, 211,411 Union soldiers were captured by the Confederates during the war. Of this total 16,668 were paroled on the field and 30,218 died while in prison.

    Georgia
    North Carolina
    South Carolina
    Virginia
    Alabama
    Texas
    • Camp Ford - largest Confederate Prisoner of War Camp west of the Mississippi River
    Information for both Union & Confederate Prisons


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