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Camp Chase was an American Civil War training and prison camp established in May 1861, on land leased by the U.S. Government. [4] It replaced the much smaller Camp Jackson which was established by Ohio Governor William Dennison Jr as a place for Ohio's union volunteers to meet. [4]
The cemetery was established in 1867 as a place to inter veterans who died while under the care of the Central Branch of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Seamen, located in Dayton. It was the third such home authorized by Abraham Lincoln, March 3, 1865, just before his death.
Another cemetery is Camp Chase, which is located in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, where more than 2,000 Southerners were interred. Union Cemetery in Steubenville, Ohio , is the final resting place of Civil War soldiers, including several generals and colonels, including several of the " Fighting McCooks ".
The camp's original capacity was for 4,000 men, but at times more than 7,000 prisoners were accommodated. The capacity was increased to 7,000, but towards the end of the war up to 10,000 men were crammed into the facility. [14] See also the Confederate Soldier Memorial to the Confederate dead at Camp Chase, dedicated in 1909 Union Camp Douglas
Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum, Georgetown, Kentucky [44] Kentucky Confederate Soldiers' Home, Pewee Valley, Kentucky [45] Soldiers' Home at Harrodsburg, Kentucky [14] Soldiers' Home of Louisiana a.k.a. Camp Nicholls Soldier's Home, New Orleans, Louisiana [46] Eastern Branch National Military Home, Togus, Maine [47]
Many Fairfield County residents served during the war, and many gave their lives including on D-Day. Today, the Eagle-Gazette looks back to Normandy.
The monument was erected in 1902 and commemorates the 2,260 Confederate soldiers buried at the site. [5] [6] The memorial is 17 feet (5.2 m) and includes a bronze figure of a soldier standing on a granite arch, holding a rifle. Its original wooden arch, which was inscribed with the word "AMERICANS", was replaced with the current stone arch in 1902.
Motives of Harrison property owner who put Confederate flags up aren’t clear.