According to " The Civil War DAY BY DAY " these are the numbers. " 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. Confederate soldiers captured by the Union numbered 462,634. Of this total, 247,769 were paroled in the field, mainly in various surendures and 25,976 died in prison. The mortality rate was a little over 12 % in Northern prisons holding confederates, and 15.5 for Yankees in Southern prisons. If these figures are close to accurate, some 214,000 Confederate soldiers were in Northern prison camps and 194,000 Federal soldiers in Southern camps. The highest death rate in Northern stockades was at Elmira New York with 12,123 held during the 10 months of its existance with 2963 deaths. This is a 24% death rate. The highest death rate in Southern stockades was at Andersonville, with an estimated 45,000 held during its 14 months in existance with 12920 prisoner deaths. This is a 29% death rate. Of the 30,218 recorded Union POWS who died during the 4 years of war, 12920 died at Andersonville in just 14 months making about 42% of ALL Union POW deaths during the entire war died at Andersonville in just the 14 months. CIVIL WAR PRISONER OF WAR STOCKADES UNION TOTAL HELD DEAD DEATH RATE MONTHS OPEN ELMIRA NEW YORK 12,123 2,963 24% 10 CAMP CHASE OHIO 9,416 2,200 45 CAMP DOUGLAS 30,000 3,759 38 JOHNSTONS ISLAND 12,000 206 40 POINT LOOKOUT 20,110 3,389 17% 23 CAMP MORTON 12,082 1,763 14.6 39 ROCK ISLAND 1,960 20 FORT DELAWARE 33,565 2,436 CONFEDERATE ANDERSONVILLE 42,596 12,920 29% 14 CAHABA 5,000 142 12-15 CAMP FLORENCE 15,000-18,000 2,802 5 CAMP LAWTON 784 2 LIBBY 25,000 6,276 48 CAMP OGLETHORPE 1,600 1 2 TOTAL NUMBERS HELD PRISONERS OF WAR TOTAL HELD DEAD PERCENTAGE UNION 194,000 30,218 15.5 CONFEDERATE 214,000 25,976 12 Kevin Andersonville historian / NPS Volunteer www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "akeegan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:35 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Prison Death > Deaths in Northern Prisons > Total Prisoners 170,136 Nunber of Deaths 22,872 > Any one have a couth on the Southern prisons? Ann > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >