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Civil War Confederate Prisons (edit list)
| Prison
|
State
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Type
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Start
|
End
|
Capacity
|
Held
|
Escaped
|
Died
|
GPS
|
Notes
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| Alexandria
|
VA
|
1
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
|
Prince Street Jail
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| Americus
|
GA
|
1
|
1861
|
1864
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
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| Andersonville
|
GA
|
6
|
1864
|
1865
|
10,000
|
32,899
|
329
|
12,919
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32.19567,
-84.13412
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Camp Sumter
Castle Reed - Officers Stockade
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| Atlanta
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GA
|
1
|
1861
|
1864
|
|
|
|
|
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Fulton County Jail
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| Augusta
|
GA
|
1
|
1861
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1864
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Baton Rouge
|
LA
|
3
|
1861
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1862
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Belle Isle
|
VA
|
6
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1862
|
1864
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3,000
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10,000
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0
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300~
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|
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| Blackshear
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GA
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6
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1864
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1864
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5,000
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5,000
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|
|
|
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| Boerne
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TX
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6
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1862
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1862
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|
350
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0
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0
|
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Prison Town
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| Cahaba
|
AL
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3
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1863
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1865
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500
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3,000
|
|
225
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Castle Morgan
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| Camp Ford
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TX
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6
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1863
|
1865
|
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4,900
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4
|
232
|
|
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| Camp Groce
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TX
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3
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1863
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1863
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|
500
|
|
20
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Hempstead Prison
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| Camp VanDorn
|
TX
|
OA
|
1861
|
1861
|
?
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?
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?
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?
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Salado Camp
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| Camp Verde (3)
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TX
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OA
|
1861
|
1862
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|
350
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|
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29.89077,
-99.12087
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| Castle Goodwin
|
VA
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3
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1861
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1862
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75
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600
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?
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?
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Lumpkin's Jail
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| Castle Lightning
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VA
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3
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1862
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1862
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?
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?
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?
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?
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37.53897,
-77.43986
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6th & Carey St, Richmond
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| Castle Pinckney
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SC
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2
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1861
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1862
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150
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300
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0
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0
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32.77364,
-79.911
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Charleston Harbor
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| Castle Thunder
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VA
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3
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1862
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1865
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1,400
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3,000
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?
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?
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Gleanor's Factory Prison
Palmer's Factory Prison
Whitlock's Warehouse Prison
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| Charleston (6)
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SC
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1, 2, 3
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1861
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1865
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1,100
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1,100
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?
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?
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|
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| Charleston City Jail
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SC
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1, 5
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1861
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1865
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300
|
900
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?
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?
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|
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| Charleston Guard House
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SC
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1
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1861
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1865
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300
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300
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?
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?
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|
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| Charlotte Prison
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NC
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OA
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1865
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1865
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1,800
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1,200
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30+
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?
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|
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| Colunbia Prisons (4)
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SC
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1, 3, 5, 6, & OA
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1864
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1865
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?
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2,000
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373
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?
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Camp Asylum - Officers
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| Dalton
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GA
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OA
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1864
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1864
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Danville
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VA
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3
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1863
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1865
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3,700
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4,000
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70+
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1,297
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| Edward's Prison
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VA
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3
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1862
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1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Florence
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SC
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6
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1864
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1865
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?
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1,500+
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?
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?
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|
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| Fort Misner
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TN
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1
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1864
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1864
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?
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?
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?
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?
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| Galveston
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TX
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3
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1863
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1863
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?
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100
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?
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?
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| Goldsboro Prison
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NC
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3, OA
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1864
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1865
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?
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500+
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?
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?
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|
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| Gordonsville
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VA
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3
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1862
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1862
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Grant's Factory
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VA
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3
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1863
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1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Greensboro
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NC
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OA
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1865
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1865
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1,800
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1,800
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?
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?
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| Gwathmey Warehouse
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VA
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3
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1861
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1862
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Hardwood's Factory
|
VA
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3
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1861
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1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Henrico County Jail
|
VA
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1
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1861
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1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Houston
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TX
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3
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1863
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1863
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?
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100
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?
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?
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|
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| Howard's Factory
|
VA
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3
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1861
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1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Huntsville
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TX
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1
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1863
|
1863
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?
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232
|
?
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?
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Texas State Penitentiary
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| Jackson
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MS
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3
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1863
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1863
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Knoxville
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TN
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1
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1861
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1861
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?
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?
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?
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?
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| Libby Warehouse
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VA
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3
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1862
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1865
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1,000
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4,221
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60+
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20+
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|
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| Ligon's Warehouse
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VA
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3
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1861
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1862
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500
|
600
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?
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?
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|
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| Lynchburg
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VA
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1, 3, FG
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1862
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1864
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500
|
500
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?
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?
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|
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| Macon
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GA
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3, 6, FG
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1861
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1864
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600
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1,900
|
?
|
?
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Smith Slave Mart
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| Marietta
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GA
|
?
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1863
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1863
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Mayo's Factory
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VA
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3
|
1861
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1863
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500
|
500
|
?
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?
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| McCurdy's Warehouse
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VA
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3
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1862
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1863
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Memphis
|
TN
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1, 3
|
1861
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1863
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Meridian
|
MS
|
4
|
1863
|
1865
|
?
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700
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?
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?
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|
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| Millen
|
GA
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6
|
1864
|
1864
|
?
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10,299
|
?
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488
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|
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| Mobile
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AL
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?
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1863
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1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Montgomery
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AL
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?
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1861
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1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| New Orleans
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LA
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1
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1861
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1862
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| O'Conner House
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SC
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3
|
1864
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1864
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?
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86
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0
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0
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| Pemberton Warehouse
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VA
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3
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1861
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1862
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Petersburg
|
VA
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3, FG
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1863
|
1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Raleigh
|
NC
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3, 4, FG
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1861
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1865
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?
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500
|
600
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?
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|
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| Richland County Jail
|
SC
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1
|
1864
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1865
|
?
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500
|
?
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?
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|
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| Richmond City Jail
|
VA
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1
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1861
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1862
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Richmond (15)
|
VA
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1, 3
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1861
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1865
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?
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13,500
|
?
|
200+
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Virginia State Penitentiary
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| Roper Hospital
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SC
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3
|
1864
|
1864
|
?
|
200
|
0
|
0
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|
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| Ross's Factory
|
VA
|
3
|
1862
|
1865
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?
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200
|
?
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?
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| St. Augustine
|
FL
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2
|
1861
|
1861
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?
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?
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?
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?
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| Salsbury
|
NC
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3, 5
|
1861
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1865
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2,000
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10,321
|
500
|
3,700
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|
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| San Antonio
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TX
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3
|
1861
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1861
|
?
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360
|
?
|
?
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|
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| San Antonio Springs
|
TX
|
OA
|
1862
|
1862
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?
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350
|
?
|
?
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|
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| San Pedro Springs
|
TX
|
OA
|
1862
|
1862
|
?
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350
|
12
|
?
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|
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| Savannah (3)
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GA
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1, 5, OA
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1864
|
1864
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?
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6,000
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0
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2
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|
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| Selma
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AL
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3
|
1864
|
1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Scott's Factory
|
VA
|
3
|
1862
|
1865
|
?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Shreveport
|
LA
|
3
|
1863
|
1863
|
?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Smith's Factory
|
VA
|
3
|
1863
|
1865
|
?
|
?
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?
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?
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|
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| Swim's Jail
|
TN
|
1
|
1862
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
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|
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| Taladega
|
AL
|
3
|
1864
|
1864
|
?
|
?
|
?
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?
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|
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| Taylor's Factory
|
VA
|
3
|
1861
|
1862
|
?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Thomasville
|
GA
|
?
|
1864
|
1865
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?
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?
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?
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?
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|
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| Tuscaloosa
|
AL
|
3
|
1861
|
1863
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
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|
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| Warwick & Barksdale Mill
|
VA
|
3
|
1862
|
1863
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4,000
|
?
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?
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?
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|
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| Winchester
|
VA
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1, 3
|
1862
|
1864
|
?
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?
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?
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?
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Sources:
* Speer, Lonnie R., Portals to Hell:Military Prisons of the Civil War, Stackpole Books, 1997, Mechanicsburg, PA, ISBN 0-8117-0334-7, 410 pages
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Types:
1 - Existing jail or prison
2 - Coastal fortification
3 - Converted building
4 - Barracks w high fence
5 - Tent clusters w high fence
6 - Barren stockades
7 - Converted fairgrounds (FG)
8 - Guarded open area (OA)
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