A History of Camp Douglas Illinois, Union Prison, 1861-1865 - Scholar's Choice Edition

A History of Camp Douglas Illinois, Union Prison, 1861-1865 - Scholar's Choice Edition
Title A History of Camp Douglas Illinois, Union Prison, 1861-1865 - Scholar's Choice Edition PDF eBook
Author National Park Service (Nps)
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Pages 170
Release 2015-02-16
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ISBN 9781298043832

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A History of Camp Douglas, Illinois, Union Prison, 1861-1865

A History of Camp Douglas, Illinois, Union Prison, 1861-1865
Title A History of Camp Douglas, Illinois, Union Prison, 1861-1865 PDF eBook
Author Dennis Kelly
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1989
Genre United States
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Story of Camp Douglas

Story of Camp Douglas
Title Story of Camp Douglas PDF eBook
Author David L. Keller
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 256
Release 2015
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1626199116

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If you were a Confederate prisoner during the Civil War, you might have ended up in this infamous military prison in Chicago. More Confederate soldiers died in Chicago's Camp Douglas than on any Civil War battlefield. Originally constructed in 1861 to train forty thousand Union soldiers from the northern third of Illinois, it was converted to a prison camp in 1862. Nearly thirty thousand Confederate prisoners were housed there until it was shut down in 1865. Today, the history of the camp ranges from unknown to deeply misunderstood. David Keller offers a modern perspective of Camp Douglas and a key piece of scholarship in reckoning with the legacy of other military prisons.

A History of Camp Douglas

A History of Camp Douglas
Title A History of Camp Douglas PDF eBook
Author I. N. Haynie
Publisher
Pages 15
Release 1991
Genre Camp Douglas (Ill.)
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The Story of Camp Douglas

The Story of Camp Douglas
Title The Story of Camp Douglas PDF eBook
Author David Keller
Publisher History Press Library Editions
Pages 258
Release 2015-03-23
Genre History
ISBN 9781540213334

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More Confederate soldiers died in Chicago s Camp Douglas than on any Civil War battlefield. Originally constructed in 1861 to train forty thousand Union soldiers from the northern third of Illinois, it was converted to a prison camp in 1862. Nearly thirty thousand Confederate prisoners were housed there until it was shut down in 1865. Today, the history of the camp ranges from unknown to deeply misunderstood. David Keller offers a modern perspective of Camp Douglas and a key piece of scholarship in reckoning with the legacy of other military prisons."

Camp Douglas

Camp Douglas
Title Camp Douglas PDF eBook
Author Kelly Pucci
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 132
Release 2007
Genre History
ISBN 9780738551753

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Thousands of Confederate soldiers died in Chicago during the Civil War, not from battle wounds, but from disease, starvation, and torture as POWs in a military prison three miles from the Chicago Loop. Initially treated as a curiosity, attitudes changed when newspapers reported the deaths of Union soldiers on southern battlefields. As the prison population swelled, deadly diseases--smallpox, dysentery, and pneumonia--quickly spread through Camp Douglas. Starving prisoners caught stealing from garbage dumps were tortured or shot. Fearing a prisoner revolt, a military official declared martial law in Chicago, and civilians, including a Chicago mayor and his family, were arrested, tried, and sentenced by a military court. At the end of the Civil War, Camp Douglas closed, its buildings were demolished, and records were lost or destroyed. The exact number of dead is unknown; however, 6,000 Confederate soldiers incarcerated at Camp Douglas are buried among mayors and gangsters in a South Side cemetery. Camp Douglas: Chicago's Civil War Prison explores a long-forgotten chapter of American history, clouded in mystery and largely forgotten.

To Die in Chicago

To Die in Chicago
Title To Die in Chicago PDF eBook
Author George Levy
Publisher Pelican Publishing
Pages 454
Release 1999
Genre History
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Camp Douglas was built in 1861 as a Union recruiting and training depot, but by December 1864, it held over 12,000 prisoners of war, many of whom died of "starvation, neglect, cruelty ... pneumonia, dysentery, and small pox."--Jacket.