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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 .
Camp Douglas, sometimes described as "The North's Andersonville", was the largest Union POW Camp. The Union Army first used the camp in 1861 as an organizational and training camp for volunteer regiments. It became a prisoner-of-war camp in early 1862 and is noteworthy due to its poor living conditions and a death rate of roughly 15%.
Italian prisoners of war working on the Arizona Canal (December 1943) In the United States at the end of World War II, there were prisoner-of-war camps, including 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). The camps were located all over the US, but were mostly in the South, due to the higher expense of heating the barracks in colder areas ...
This is a list of historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.
Following the Battle of Island Number Ten, about 1400 Confederate soldiers who surrendered there, many from the 1st Regiment Alabama Infantry, were taken at the end of April, 1862, to the Union training field Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, which was found to be unsuitable, [3] resulting in the deaths of 140 prisoners before the remaining survivors were sent to Camp Douglas (Chicago) at ...
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 55th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on October 31, 1861. Training continued at Benton Barracks, Missouri. The 55th was part of Sherman's Yazoo Expedition. The regiment was mustered out on August 14, 1865.