Hood County Texas Genealogical Society
CAMP DOUGLAS
A Yankee Prisoner of War Camp
Researched by Virginia Hale
Contributions from Preston Furlow
Camp Douglas was the equivalent of the South's Andersonville Prison Camp in Sumter, South Carolina.
6,000 Confederate soldiers were starved to death at Camp Douglas. Camp Douglas 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.
The following known Johnson County residents were incarcerated and died at Camp Douglas during the Civil War:
|
NAME |
DATE OF DEATH |
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Able, Ezekiel |
03/08/1863 |
|
Berry, Columbus |
02/07/1863 |
|
Carter, John W. |
04/12/1863 |
|
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
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Read about Oak Woods Cemetery. Then click on the section entitled Camp Douglas Confederate Mound.
Web Page by Virginia Hale
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