Some of the things we discussed March 27, 2021 on prisons.
** Confederate dead at Illinois prisons:
Alton: 1,534
Rock Island: Over 2,000 Confederates
Camp Douglas: Official count was 4,454. But other sources say as high as 6,000 (Chicago)
Camp Butler: 850 (Springfield)
About ten years ago, the Illinois Sons of Confederate Veterans erected a memorial to the dead at Camp Butler.
At Camp Butler about 700 died in the summer of 1862 in a small pox outbreak.
The first 8000 Confederate prisoners in Camp Douglas were captured at Fort Donelson.
Two famous prisoners held at Camp Douglas were Sam Houston, Jr. and Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer. (Dr. Livingston I presume.)
--Old Secesh
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