Continued from Oct. 6th.
The Camp Douglas Sons of Confederate Veterans held the monthly meeting at the Lake Villa, Illinois, Civil War Re-enactment.
The 2011 National Sons of Confederate Veterans will be held in June at the first capital of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama. Our Illinois Division will hold its conference in April in Abraham Lincoln's hometown, Springfield. A descendant of Captain Wirtz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison, will be a speaker.
And speaking of prisons, in 1864, the state of Illinois housed Confederate prisoners at four camps:
8,000 at Camp Douglas in Chicago
7,500 at Camp Butler in Springfield
6,000 at Rock Island
5,000 at Alton
Our division and camp websites have been changed.
Just Some SCV News. --Old B-Runner
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