Hood
County Texas Genealogical Society
CAMP
DOUGLAS
A
Yankee Prisoner of War Camp
Researched
by Virginia Hale
Contributions
from Preston Furlow & Debra Osborne Spindle
Camp Douglas was the equivalent of the South's
Andersonville Prison Camp near Americus, Georgia. Six thousand Confederate soldiers were starved to death at Camp
Douglas which was located in present-day Chicago, Illinois.
Hood County was within the boundaries of
present-day Johnson County during the Civil War. Hood County was created and
organized in 1866.
Many Johnson County residents were held at
Camp Douglas.
The following known Johnson County residents
were incarcerated and died at Camp Douglas during the Civil War:
|
NAME |
DATE
OF DEATH |
|
Able, Ezekiel |
03/08/1863 |
|
Berry, Columbus |
02/07/1863 |
|
Carter, John W. |
04/12/1863 |
|
Cooper, Elisha Fitzallen |
03/21/1862 |
|
Cooper, Merriman Landrum
|
03/17/1863 |
|
Farrell, Thomas |
02/21/1863 |
|
Jones, James W. |
02/06/1862 |
|
Kennard, David S. |
11/03/1863 |
|
McKenzie, William N. |
03/10/1863 |
|
Morrison, James P. |
04/14/1863 |
|
Patton, William |
02/04/1863 |
|
Renfro, John W. |
02/---/1863 |
|
Shannon, William J. |
02/27/1863 |
Records
show that Hiram Burlingame deserted the Confederacy from Camp Douglas.
The Hood County Genealogical Society has
received the gracious written permission of Mr. Matt Hucke to share his
copyrighted information regarding the burial of the Camp Douglas soldiers at
Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
© 1996, 1997, 1998 Matt Hucke <hucke@cynico.com>, Cynico Network Consulting. All content (text and
photographs) by Matt Hucke, unless otherwise indicated. Content may not be
redistributed or reproduced in any medium without express written consent of
the Author.
Please visit the following web site:
Read about Oak Woods Cemetery. Then click on
the section entitled Camp Douglas Confederate Mound.
Web
Page by Virginia Hale
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