"This work is divided into two sections--the Federal prisons and the Confederate prisons. The facilities have been organized alphabetically for easy reference. Facts about each prison include when it was established, type of facility, location, number and kind of prisoners held, known escapes, and other available data"--Provided by publisher.

Part 1Federal Prisons -- I Alton Military Prison, Alton, Illinois -- 13 -- II Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio -- 20 -- III Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois -- 27 -- IV Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana -- 39 -- V Elmira Prison, Elmira, New York -- 51 -- VI Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware -- 60 -- VII Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, New York -- 76 -- VIII Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland -- 83 -- IX Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts -- 97 -- X Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Missouri -- 109 -- XI Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Ohio -- 120 -- XII Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio -- 137 -- XIII Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C. -- 153 -- XIV Point Lookout, Maryland -- 162 -- XV Rock Island, Illinois -- 168 -- Part 2 Confederate Prisons -- XVI Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia -- 181 -- XVII Belle Isle, James River, Richmond, Virginia -- 189 -- XVIII Cahaba Prison, Cahaba, Alabama -- 202 -- XIX Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas -- 214 -- XX Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia -- 221 -- XXI Charleston, South Carolina -- 239 -- XXII Columbia, South Carolina -- 248 -- XXIII Danville, Virginia -- 255 -- XXIV Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia -- 263 -- XXV Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia -- 283 -- XXVI Salisbury Prison, Salisbury, North Carolina -- 293 -- XXVII Camp Davidson, Savannah, Georgia -- 311 -- Appendix Number of Escapes from Federal Prisons, 1862-1865 -- 317.