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Gratiot Military Prison

Closed 1878Low
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  • Absalom Grimes, Major (Confederate).jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Gratiot Street Prison, 1868. Eighth and Gratiot Street.jpg

    Photo by Emil Boehl via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • History of Missouri in words of one syllable (1889) (14576903408).jpg

    Photo by Internet Archive Book Images via Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions)

  • Inlaid Brooch Made by Prisoner at Gratiot Street Prison.jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Letter from George J. Mook, Gratiot St. Prison, to his father, November 16, 1864.jpg

    Photo by Mook, George J. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Letter from George J. Mook, Gratiot St. Prison, to his father, November 17, 1864.jpg

    Photo by Mook, George J. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Letter from George J. Mook, Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Missouri to his sister Emma, November 9, 1864.jpg

    Photo by Mook, George J. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Letter from M.B. Bransford, Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Mo., to Gray and Blanding, May 28, 1863.jpg

    Photo by Bransford, Milford Bard via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

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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

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1861

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Death-row facility

No

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • M. Jeff Thompson
    M. Jeff Thompson
    1826–1876 · engineer

    Brigadier-General Meriweather Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 – 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.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Gratiot Military Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gratiot-military-prison
Chicago
"Gratiot Military Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 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 = {2026-10-20}
}