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Camp Ford

Closed 1865Low
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Background

Camp Ford was a prisoner-of-war camp near Tyler, Texas, during the American Civil War. It was the largest Confederate-run prison west of the Mississippi River.

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Year opened

1862

Closed 1865

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Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1862

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Death-row facility

No

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Camp Ford. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/camp-ford
Chicago
"Camp Ford." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/camp-ford.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-camp-ford,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Camp Ford},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/camp-ford},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}