Death Register from Camp Douglas Chicago, Illinois
1865
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Camp Douglas, the Union prison camp in Chicago, Illinois, grew quickly and was poorly administered by a series of commandants. Prisoners accused several of cruelty. The camp had a maximum capacity of 6,000. But by 1864 it housed more than 12,000 Confederate soldiers as well as a few civilians suspected of sympathizing with the Confederacy or planning escapes. The official death count at Camp Douglas was 4,454. Some 1,500 men, however, were “unaccounted for.”
This primary source comes from the War Department Collection of Confederate Records.
National Archives Identifier: 3854696
Full Citation: Death Register from Camp Douglas Chicago, Illinois; 1865; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/death-register-from-camp-douglas-chicago-illinois, March 27, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
