Camp Douglas (Chicago)
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camp-douglas-chicago-185-17294236
title:
Camp Douglas (Chicago)
text:
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 during the American Civil War. Based south of the city on the prairie, it was also used as a training and detention camp for Union soldiers. The Union Army first used the camp in 1861 as an organizational and training camp for volunteer regiments. It became a prisoner-of-war camp in early 1862. Later in 1862 the Un
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Civil War camp
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Douglas_(Chicago)
date created:
2005-06-26T14:44:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T21:23:39Z
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