, 1865-12-14
CAMP DOUGLAS.
Clearing 0ut--.1ts History, Description
and Uses---Commnndcrs and Gar.
riscns---1mproycments.-.
How Effected.
TIkE KEBEL PRISONERS.
Where From and Where Captured
Numbers and {. ndltlon, Habits
and Amnhcfncnt.-A1Gcfn
al EscApc-Tsc Re-
turn Home.

Some iLstltuiioub exit. aud pass 1uaf 10 bc for
gotten; others never die, but live cLesliy In the
memory. They posscfs assoQattunk Gltuyinr
aiouLd them. md cntNined in cycry f1brc of thsIr
cxtcncc, 70 closely allied 10 the interest. of thc
community. lhat time only ecrse* to mellow the Iu
tcrcst, and clothc thcm with ever growing impo:l-
ancc. OF these. not least Il, the minds Of the ci,i
zens cF Chicaso, is Cau1p Douglas. Called into
birth Ivy The outbreak Of a ...ickcd aud cspse1ess
roGeulGn. 1t rapidly increased tn importance
mill II hecamc ono Of tho great institutions
WHICH have fnarkcd the Amc7ic1u Government
n thc mot warllec OF tho face Of th: ciobe. srd
,he 1eoah na1,on . - psogleM M ~ who yoald pass
nntserse The Government from foes without, or
''GghttEsE with H."
The cStnr !. nov Rapidly Passing aw.y :roa, the
ha. been PARTIALLY executed, and By II. twca,ls;a
Of This mouth lhc last t,uildin. wItdjn lie h.ET.
s''des Will have been sola Already many Of
pss1nr :ndiSlduafs 10 various 1oc11ic- 1 lie civ
70 tcr,e fos Residential md other purposes, np cie
tG i2Gn .s e a 'a7! q e. ac Son s aasc bssa o AMY
turned over 10 itR oEigiual owncr eA1
Al thls point then, wit, the oceurrerccs OF Its
history srsh in tue memories OF atI when thc
camp J.. physically going The way OF at flesh. It
viii not he as-e 10 gtSr detailed accouus OF tht
htto:s liza and government Of our city camp.
From the commencement Of the war, ao trrcnt
neces:tyWas felt by tic local authorities for .tated
camp, II which Regiments could be and sa
1iolHd u1Isat tlndcf $maICh nE otdcr--" To 1aeet
1bis Hn1; ";s Camp Douglns called Into e:lsteree
Previous to is locatlon the sa:!ons regiments being
raised in the c!ty were quar.ered Al several in.
Prompiu camps distributed around the suOurbs.
AMONG these ssre cam Dou las, y tsonth Of The
e Ss@e este ste Gan5 Ssons 'no ;aap aaI'fl2 r.
mont .sCatnp Lii = o-th,'' s:Camp Mathec"
"Camp u cub, and others, ancd Tor The time ae-
coEune 10 The t1ncy OF the roldicr, in homo. Of
officers or prominent cii1-cns Interested in raising
1hc regiment These. however. poe.es.ed but
'.Iocal llabtaions " in the ,Aoachtf OF the people
and soon pasecd away to give place 10
cAHr uoUalas.
camp DOUGLAS WIS looted On The crouud unon
.,hch was held the Seventh Annual Fair OF @thc
United States Agr7cutnra! Soctcty, IN September
1883. south Of The then. hut lI.lie north OF the
prczcut, eounrsn haits. nn tnse opposite the fcu-
dence end isst resting place Of The great statesman
whoac name It bcarr Tic selection OF ,he site was
made BY Adjutant General Fuller. undc1 orders
from The Governor. and IN lr SELECTION most care-
ful reference was tnhdr to the m4ly advantages It
pc+st:sea for d military camp and military rT1son.
Il camp consisted Of sboat <txty acres enclosed,
III. I'd b. lntlde partitions into the Prison square
ecu istIhr Of twenty acrss the Hospital SQusir Of
IN acIcE, The Garrison SIaarr OF tMenty AcT.s and
Ihc Wh!1coak Square, formerly used a. prison, OF
irrtts being the location Of the prisons fos prs-
unete. and ulruly tnomhcrf or The garrison, but
Afterwards wns merged tno one Of the Other disi-
eious, The Garrison Squire wAs surrounded BY tho
quarters OF The ofliecfs and men, and confined
parade ground. level aa plane, and ahont naF
mile round. THIS square tronted Cottage Grove
avenue, and waf tapEed ou The west and south BY
the Pr1rou Sqrxrr. From thp time Of the location
the at,cutiou or the authorities wns called to the
necessity ol erecting suitable dwellings a. Qn1rscrs
and oeI,ilas, and during thu sabsrqaeot seass the
attention OF Cnptatn ErEcnc hontin, 4. Q, II. u.
5. Wal occupied III :ting the necessary nn-
rrpvements and conysnienr:* in the camp. The
following table exhibits The number Of buildings tn
camp aid thcaz size, III tie time OF its dismcmocr