Camp Douglas, in Chicago, Illinois, sometimes described as "The North's Andersonville," was one of the largest Union Army prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers taken prisoner …

History of Camp Douglas. More than 40,000 Union soldiers were received and trained at Camp Douglas during its existence. This number included African-American volunteers. The first …

Today if you stand at the corner of 31st and Cottage Grove Ave on the south side of Chicago you may not be aware during the Civil War it was the location of largest military installation in …

2025年1月26日 · The Northern equivalent of the South's Andersonville Prison, Camp Douglas was the most notorious Federal POW camp of the Civil War. Camp Douglas was a gallery of …

2018年11月13日 · Camp Douglas, which from February 1862 until July 1865 housed some 30,000 Confederate prisoners (as many as 12,082 of them at a time), was one of the longest …

Federal informants foiled an ill-conceived attempt by local antiwar activists and die-hard prisoners to disrupt the 1864 election with a mass prison break. Like all Civil War prisons, Camp …

2015年3月11日 · Camp Douglas was one of the largest POW camps for the Union Army, located in the heart of Bronzeville. More than 40,000 troops passed through the camp during its nearly …

2014年10月20日 · Named in honor of the late Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, from whose estate nearly 60 acres of land were donated, Camp Douglas, established in 1861, was the …

Camp Douglas was the largest military installation in the state of Illinois and, as a mustering in center, received and trained over 40,000 Union soldiers beginning in September 1861. From …

Chicago's Camp Douglas 1861 – 1865 Brief History. Chicago played a significant, non-battlefield role in The War of Secession (The American Civil War) 1861 – 1865. Camp Douglas was at …