Civil War Prisons

Life in Civil War Prisons - Some of the Civil War Era prisons many know about, like Andersonville, and a few others, but many like Gratiot St./Myrtle St. Prisons in St. Louis, and Alton Prison in Illinois across the Mississippi were no less gruesome than those more well known. An eye opening chapter in the American Civil War.

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Jeffery Parker

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Smallpox Island

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The Minister of Death: Disease During the Civil War - The New York Times

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Smallpox Island

In the winter of 1862, a serious epidemic of smallpox broke-out among Confederate prisoners in a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Alton, IL. Rather than run the risk of infecting residents of Alton, prison officials moved the sick prisoners to Sunflower Island, out in the middle of the Mississippi River. Not surprisingly, it became a place where men went to die. Smallpox Island is a good indicator of the understanding Civil War-era medical personnel had regarding sanitation, infection, and c...

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Camp Butler

Camp Butler served a duel purpose during the Civil War. The site was originally apportioned as training camp designed to create, reorganize and discharge Union soldiers. Originally...

Camp Butler

Camp Butler served a duel purpose during the Civil War. The site was originally apportioned as training camp designed to create, reorganize and discharge Union soldiers. Originally...

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Alton, Illinois - Civil War Era - Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget

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Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget

Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget - Although this link isn't about prisons specifically, it highlights the biggest issue prisons and soldiers faced during the war, Disease. Disease killed more soldiers than battle wounds. This account talks of the mental health of troops. "Homesickness" and depression allowed other sickness to find a home in the soldiers. Silent killers. The unseen enemy.

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Civil War Diseases - The Biggest Killer of the War - Civil War Academy

Treating Civil War Diseases at Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.

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Civil War Prisons