Bells Ring to Commemorate Lee's Surrender-- Part 4

That table was taken as a souvenir by Union soldiers and switched ownership several times before the
museum acquired it in 1920.

The Archdiocese of Chicago (Catholic) joined five other diocese across Illinois in ringing their bells for four minutes (each minute representing a year of the war).

The Cardinal Meyer Center, which houses archdiocese agencies now, was also a Confederate prison during the war (something that I was not aware of).  Among the churches participating was Holy Family Parish, the second oldest parish in Chicago and one of two that was around during the Civil War.

Further research shows that the center is on the grounds of Camp Douglas.

--Old Secesh