Author: John Adams DixPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Address at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the Douglas Monument at Chicago, September 6, 1866
Author: John Adams DixPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Inland Printer
Author: Camp Douglas
Author: Kelly PucciPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738551753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Thousands of Confederate soldiers died in Chicago during the Civil War, not from battle wounds, but from disease, starvation, and torture as POWs in a military prison three miles from the Chicago Loop. Initially treated as a curiosity, attitudes changed when newspapers reported the deaths of Union soldiers on southern battlefields. As the prison population swelled, deadly diseases--smallpox, dysentery, and pneumonia--quickly spread through Camp Douglas. Starving prisoners caught stealing from garbage dumps were tortured or shot. Fearing a prisoner revolt, a military official declared martial law in Chicago, and civilians, including a Chicago mayor and his family, were arrested, tried, and sentenced by a military court. At the end of the Civil War, Camp Douglas closed, its buildings were demolished, and records were lost or destroyed. The exact number of dead is unknown; however, 6,000 Confederate soldiers incarcerated at Camp Douglas are buried among mayors and gangsters in a South Side cemetery. Camp Douglas: Chicago's Civil War Prison explores a long-forgotten chapter of American history, clouded in mystery and largely forgotten.
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Maggs BrosThe Monumental News
Author: Masonic Presidents, Vice-presidents and Signers
Author: William Llewellyn BoydenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freemasons
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Vermonter
Author: The Vermonter
Author: Charles Spooner ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vermont
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description