Camp Randall now had double duty. Not only was it a training camp for Wisconsin troops, but now it was also a prisoner of war camp. The 19th Wisconsin was training there at the time and it became their job to guard the Confederates, a job made worse because there were no fences around the camp.
They received little guard training and constantly complained of abusive language and threats from the prisoners. On May 16, 1862, events reached a boil when a 17-year-old Union guard shot and killed one of the Southerners.
--Old Secesh
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