Some more prison questions:
7. William Butler, for whom Camp Butler was named, was a member of what famous Illinois group of politicians which included Abraham Lincoln?
8. How did this group get their name?
9. Enlisted Confederates captured at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on January 15, 1865, were mostly sent to what prison in New York.
10. What was the nickname Confederates held at this prison gave it?
11. Two of the prisons in which Confederate officers were sent were in New York Harbor and Lake Erie. What were the names of these two prisons?
12. Who was the highest ranking Confederate officer to die while a prisoner?
13. What was the name of the U.S. ship which was the target of a clandestine operation to free Confederate officers held in the Lake Erie prison?
14. Why was this ship later renamed the USS Wolverine?
Answers in Next Post. --Old Secesh
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