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Camp Morton was a military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the American Civil War. It was named for Indiana governor Oliver Morton. Prior to the war,
Prisoners at Camp Morton, c. 1863
Graves of the Confederate prisoners at Crown Hill Cemetery
Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the start of the Civil War through to 1863 a parole
Camp Morton
…Camp Morton Part of American Civil War prison camps Indianapolis (Marion County), Indiana, United States Site information Type Training Camp and Union Prison Camp Owner Marion County, Indiana government…
A Union Army soldier barely alive in Georgia on his release in 1865. Both Confederate and Union prisoners of war suffered great hardships during their captivity.
Returned prisoners of war exchanging their rags for new clothing, drawn by William Waud
Camp Chase Memorial in 1909
Fort Slocum Shacks