Saturday, April 11, 2009

Additional Views of Camp Douglas




“Harpers Weekly,” April 5, 1862




The F. Munson sketch.[i]


A copyrighted sketch showing how close Camp Douglas was to the lake may be found at chicagology.com/canp-douglas/






Superimposed the boundaries of old Camp Douglas.[ii]


Early sketch of Camp Douglas[iii]



ENDNOTES


[i] Leslie, Frank. “ Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War” 1896.
[ii] Bross, William. "History of Camp Douglas," Paper Read before the Chicago Historial Society, June 18, 1878, in Mabel McIlvaine, ed., “Reminiscences of Chicago during the Civil War”, New York: The Citadel Press, 1967 (originally published in 1914), p. 160.
[iii] Kirke, Edmund ."Three Days at Camp Douglas," “Our Young Folks: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls”, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1865, pp. 252-262: p. 253. Drawing from “Our Young Folks” magazine reproduced in Victor Hicken, "Illinois Camps, Posts, and Prisons," Illinois Civil War Sketches, Illinois State Historical Library for the Civil War Centennial Commission of Illinois.

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