Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois. The prison opened in 1833 as the Illinois State Prison and originally held 24 cells. By 1857, when it was replaced by a new state prison in Joliet, the prison housed 256 cells. In 1862, the U.S. government reopened the prison to house Confederate prisoners of war during the Civil War. The prison housed over 11,000 prisoners during the war.. }
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- Alton_Military_Prison comment "The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois. The prison opened in 1833 as the Illinois State Prison and originally held 24 cells. By 1857, when it was replaced by a new state prison in Joliet, the prison housed 256 cells. In 1862, the U.S. government reopened the prison to house Confederate prisoners of war during the Civil War. The prison housed over 11,000 prisoners during the war.".