The Story of Camp Douglas: Chicago's Forgotten Civil War Prison - Hardcover
by David Keller
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Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540213334ISBN-10:1540213331UPC:9781540213334Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCJ8GV0MB8
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540213334ISBN-10:1540213331UPC:9781540213334Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCJ8GV0MB8
Keller, David: - David Keller founded the Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation in 2010. He is a docent at the Chicago History Museum and popular speaker on Camp Douglas and the Civil War. The Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation has conducted four archaeological excavations on the site of Camp Douglas and has a major objective to develop and operate an on-site museum. David and his wife are...
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