Civil War Prisons

By Ldenton
  • Libby Prison established

    Libby Prison established

  • Lincoln stopped the exchange system

    Lincoln stopped the exchange system

    When the South would not trade black Union soldiers for white confederate soldiers, Lincoln suspended the original law on exchanges until the Confederates equalized black and white soldiers.

  • The Libby Prison Escape

    109 Union Prisoners escaped from the South's Libby Prison by digging an underground tunnel to a previously assigned exit point.
  • Andersonville Prison was established

    Andersonville Prison was established

  • Elmira Prison established

  • Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

    The surrender of Robert E. Lee ended the Civil War.

  • Andersonville Prison closed

  • Elmira Prison closed

  • Commander of Andersonville Prison, Henry Wirz, was hanged

    Commander of Andersonville Prison, Henry Wirz, was hanged

    Henry Wirz was charged with murder and serval other offences after the Civil War ended. He was the last Civil War confederate to be killed as a result of his participation in the war.