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By: Sam and Torrey . Prison Camps. Andersonville Camp Ford Castle Pickney Castle Thunder Danville Libby Salisbury Belle Isle Cahaba. Confederate Camps. Located in Georgia Drinking water came from a creek called Sweet Walter Branch also served as a sewer. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
By: Sam and Torrey
Prison Camps
Confederate Camps
AndersonvilleCamp FordCastle PickneyCastle ThunderDanvilleLibbySalisburyBelle IsleCahaba
Andersonville
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
Belle Isle
Located west of Richmond, VirginiaWere allowed to swim in James River but
many were shot for trying to escape.Given tents to sleep with 3,000 per tentOriginally an iron factoryNorth claims high death rate where South
claims low.
Cahaba
Located in Cahaba, AlabamaHeld over 5,000 union soldiersWas originally a cotton warehouseLeader was a Methodist minister do to
that there was a low death rateToday it’s a ghost town
Sultana Disaster
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
Castle Pickney
Was captured by South Carolina’s federal militia after they seceded on December 20, 1860
Was not a death campFirst prisoners were captured after the
Battle of Bull RunThey were treated very wellWas declared a national monument in
1924
Castle Thunder
Originally a tobacco warehouseLocated in Richmond, VirginiaSoldiers were treated very harsh At the end government used it to
incarcerate Confederates who were charged with war crimes
Danville
Located in Danville, VirginiaWas originally a tobacco industry 6 buildings were used to house prisonersOnly 1 building remains
Camp Ford
Located in Tyler, TexasPrisoners were treated fairly Housed about 4,700One of the lowest death rates of and Civil War
prisonPrisoners made novelties, musical instruments
and other crafts Prison was destroyedDead soldiers were put in Alexandria National
Cemetery
Libby
Located in Richmond, VirginiaMore than 50,000 men were held thereMany escapes occurredGeneral 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
Salisbury
Only confederate camp located in North CarolinaFirst soldiers were captured after Battle of Bull
RunAt 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
Union
ElmiraAltonCamp ChaseCamp DouglasCamp RandallFort DelawareFort JeffersonFort McHenryOld Capitol Point LookoutRock Island
Elmira
Along the Chemung RiverFoster’s pond stood as a backwashEach day coffins of 9 were put on a buckboard and
they walked a mile and a halfJohn W. Jones made a wooden marker with soldiers
number, name, and regimentSoldiers who survived were sent back to the SouthAt the end of 1865 the camp was closed and torn
downIt was only there for 369 days but had the highest
death rate of any prison North or South
Point Lookout
In Saint Mary’s County, MarylandAbout 50,000 soldiers were kept thereThey had tents but then overcrowding
occurred and they took them awayAbout 14,000
Rock Island
it’s now Arsenal IslandAround 2,0000 soldiers diedWhen soldiers first started arriving it was
below 0 degreesRock Island is compared to AndersonvilleIt is the 2nd highest death rate for Union
camps
Fort McHenry
Located in MarylandPrisoners were treated fairlyAllowed to buy goodsSometimes would bribe guards to let them
go into Baltimore for fun then came back undetected in the back in the morning
Old Capitol
Located in Washington, D.CMany hangings occurred here including….The Lincoln Assassination ConspiratorsSpiesPolitical prisonersCaptain Henry Wirz, superintendent of
Andersonville
Alton
Soldiers first came in February 9, 1862Cells were 4x7, 3 men to a cell12,000 soldiers incarcerated here
Camp Chase
First prisoners came on November 1861Located in OhioCaptured officers were allowed to roam
through OhioBuilt for 3,500-4,000 men, once held
7,000
Camp Douglas
Located in ChicagoFirst prisoners came in February 1862Punishment was cruelPrisoners clothes were taken to
discourage escapeBlankets were taken from those who had
them1,091 died in 4 months
Camp Randall
Located in Wisconsin139 men diedOriginally at the site of the Wisconsin
State Fair1,300 prisoners stayed there
Fort Delaware
Little food supplyAte rats if they could find them2,700 men died there
Fort Jefferson
Located in Dry Tortugas-chain of islands in Florida
Originally intended for rebellious Union soldiers
Called “America’s Devil Island”
LEQ
It still left tension between North and South after the war
Many died from disease and starvationDisagreements on how many died
"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