By: Sam and Torrey

1. By: Sam and Torrey Prison Camps

2. Andersonville • Camp Ford • Castle Pickney • Castle Thunder • Danville • Libby • Salisbury • Belle Isle • Cahaba Confederate Camps

3. Located in Georgia • Drinking water came from a creek called Sweet Walter Branch also served as a sewer. • Officially named camp Sumter. Called Andersonville because it was located in the village on Andersonville, Sumter County • No barracks • Graves are still used today to bury veterans • February 1864 to April 1865 • Originally intended for 10,000 prisoners • At one time held 33,000 • 49,485 entered the gates • Superintendent was named Henry Wirz. He was hanged after the war for his harshness Andersonville

5. Located west of Richmond, Virginia • Were allowed to swim in James River but many were shot for trying to escape. • Given tents to sleep with 3,000 per tent • Originally an iron factory • North claims high death rate where South claims low. Belle Isle

6. Located in Cahaba, Alabama • Held over 5,000 union soldiers • Was originally a cotton warehouse • Leader was a Methodist minister do to that there was a low death rate • Today it’s a ghost town Cahaba

7. The Sultana left New Orleans on April 21, 1865. • Carrying Union soldiers • Went to Vicksburg on April 24 to find the boilers were leaking. • It made it 48 before it had its disaster • Boilers exploded that was heard all the way back in Memphis • Sleeping soldiers were blew up • Hot coal blew from furnaces all over the midships section of the steamer • 1,500 to 1,900 died • 500-600 men taken to local hospitals • Few hundred survivors formed Sultana Survivors Society • Some say a vengeful ex-Confederate put explosives in the coal Sultana Disaster

8. Was captured by South Carolina’s federal militia after they seceded on December 20, 1860 • Was not a death camp • First prisoners were captured after the Battle of Bull Run • They were treated very well • Was declared a national monument in 1924 Castle Pickney

9. Originally a tobacco warehouse • Located in Richmond, Virginia • Soldiers were treated very harsh • At the end government used it to incarcerate Confederates who were charged with war crimes Castle Thunder

10. Located in Danville, Virginia • Was originally a tobacco industry • 6 buildings were used to house prisoners • Only 1 building remains Danville

11. Located in Tyler, Texas • Prisoners were treated fairly • Housed about 4,700 • One of the lowest death rates of and Civil War prison • Prisoners made novelties, musical instruments and other crafts • Prison was destroyed • Dead soldiers were put in Alexandria National Cemetery Camp Ford

12. Located in Richmond, Virginia • More than 50,000 men were held there • Many escapes occurred • General H. Judson Kilpatrick created one of the biggest escapes were 109 officers dug their way out, 59 were able to reach union lines, 2 drowned, 48 were recaptured Libby

13. Only confederate camp located in North Carolina • First soldiers were captured after Battle of Bull Run • At first prisoners were treated well, until the end of the war when it began to become overcrowded • Dead prisoners were buried outside the walls in trenches. Which is now Salisbury National Cemetery • Trenches were 18 foot deep trenches that were 240 feet long Salisbury

15. Elmira • Alton • Camp Chase • Camp Douglas • Camp Randall • Fort Delaware • Fort Jefferson • Fort McHenry • Old Capitol • Point Lookout • Rock Island Union

16. Along the Chemung River • Foster’s pond stood as a backwash • Each day coffins of 9 were put on a buckboard and they walked a mile and a half • John W. Jones made a wooden marker with soldiers number, name, and regiment • Soldiers who survived were sent back to the South • At the end of 1865 the camp was closed and torn down • It was only there for 369 days but had the highest death rate of any prison North or South Elmira

18. In Saint Mary’s County, Maryland • About 50,000 soldiers were kept there • They had tents but then overcrowding occurred and they took them away • About 14,000 Point Lookout

19. it’s now Arsenal Island • Around 2,0000 soldiers died • When soldiers first started arriving it was below 0 degrees • Rock Island is compared to Andersonville • It is the 2nd highest death rate for Union camps Rock Island

20. Located in Maryland • Prisoners were treated fairly • Allowed to buy goods • Sometimes would bribe guards to let them go into Baltimore for fun then came back undetected in the back in the morning Fort McHenry

21. Located in Washington, D.C • Many hangings occurred here including…. • The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators • Spies • Political prisoners • Captain Henry Wirz, superintendent of Andersonville Old Capitol

22. Soldiers first came in February 9, 1862 • Cells were 4x7, 3 men to a cell • 12,000 soldiers incarcerated here Alton

23. First prisoners came on November 1861 • Located in Ohio • Captured officers were allowed to roam through Ohio • Built for 3,500-4,000 men, once held 7,000 Camp Chase

24. Located in Chicago • First prisoners came in February 1862 • Punishment was cruel • Prisoners clothes were taken to discourage escape • Blankets were taken from those who had them • 1,091 died in 4 months Camp Douglas

26. Located in Wisconsin • 139 men died • Originally at the site of the Wisconsin State Fair • 1,300 prisoners stayed there Camp Randall

27. Little food supply • Ate rats if they could find them • 2,700 men died there Fort Delaware

28. Located in Dry Tortugas-chain of islands in Florida • Originally intended for rebellious Union soldiers • Called “America’s Devil Island” Fort Jefferson

29. It still left tension between North and South after the war • Many died from disease and starvation • Disagreements on how many died LEQ

30. "War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."General William Tecumseh Sherman