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The death rate of prisoners at Camp Douglas was lower than at Andersonville and the conditions at Camp Douglas were better. [44] If any one camp could be called the "Andersonville of the North," it would more likely be Elmira Prison at Elmira, New York where the deaths per thousand prisoners were 241.0 versus 44.1 at Camp Douglas.
Fort Douglas (initially called Camp Douglas) was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah. Its purpose was to protect the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. It was officially closed in 1991 pursuant to BRAC ...
Camp Douglas is a village in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 647 at the 2020 census , [ 6 ] up from 601 at the 2010 census . Camp Douglas is home to Volk Field Air National Guard Base .
Camp Douglas, Wisconsin with Volk Field in the background. Volk Field has one asphalt / concrete paved runway (9/27) measuring 9,000 x 150 ft (2,743 x 46 m). [2] The Runway's Edge is the installation's all ranks club and provides hot food and drinks. [14] The Wisconsin National Guard Museum is located at Volk Field.
Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, based out of Camp Williams, at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin. As of September 2009, the HHC served as the Joint Area Support Group-Central in the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq and was responsible for administering, securing, and transitioning the International Zone.
Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, a village; Camp Douglas (Chicago), a Union POW camp during the American Civil War; Camp Douglas (Wyoming), a US POW camp during World War II; Camp Douglas (Fort Douglas), a U.S. Army post along the emigrant trails in Utah; Camp Douglas can refer to a farmstead in Spitsbergen: Camp Douglas, Spitsbergen, a former mining ...
The 10th Field Artillery Regiment was a Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. Due to the inactivation of the Third Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, the last active battalion (1st battalion) of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment was inactivated in December 2015.
Joseph H. Tucker (c. 1819 – October 22, 1894) was a banker, businessman and Illinois militia colonel during the first two years of the American Civil War (Civil War). He was given initial responsibility for building Camp Douglas at Chicago, Illinois, and was the first commander of the camp.