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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 .
Patrick Edward Connor was born in Ballyferriter, County Kerry, Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, 1820. [1] He emigrated to the United States at 12 or 16 years old and enlisted, as "Patrick Edward O'Connor", in the United States Army on November 28, 1839. [1]
Uncooperative prisoners who were a source of trouble at other camps were sent to Fort Douglas. [5] [14] The location now stands as a military museum, and the Fort Douglas Cemetery holds POWs who died while imprisoned: 21 German soldiers, 12 Italian soldiers, and 1 Japanese soldier, amongst the Americans buried there. [15]
Camp Salina was a small, temporary branch camp to accommodate overflow prisoners in Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City. It was occupied from 1944 to 1945 by about 250 Germans, most of whom were from the Afrika Korps. It was a simple complex: forty-three tents with wooden floors, an officer's quarters, and three guard towers around the perimeter.
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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed Women (2006), TV, recounting the Battle of Antietam Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom (2006) [ citation needed ] The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel ): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt ...
Each episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum runs for half an hour. They consist of two 11-minute stories based on famous historical heroes around the world in the past. [4] However, airings on streaming services such as Globoplay in Brazil split the episodes into segments, with each 11-minute story isolated.
Each episode of this series was hosted in a regional museum. The same format as in series 3 was adopted for series 4 and 5, which first aired in March and December 2016, respectively. There was also a programme Digging for Ireland linked to the series [ 5 ] which had the same format and presenters as series 5; it was broadcast in February 2015.