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Gratiot Military Prison
Closed 1878Low
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Background
The Gratiot Military Prison, commonly known as the Gratiot Street Prison, was a military prison located in St. Louis, and the largest in Missouri at the time.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1861
Closed 1878
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
United States ArmyPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1861
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
M. Jeff Thompson1826–1876 · engineerBrigadier-General Meriweather Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 â September 5, 1876), nicknamed "Swamp Fox," was an American soldier who was a senior officer of the Missouri State Guard who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5597691)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Gratiot Military Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gratiot-military-prison
Chicago
"Gratiot Military Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gratiot-military-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-gratiot-military-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Gratiot Military Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gratiot-military-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}