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    1. [CW-POW-L] Camps Chase and Butler
    2. Dear List Members, I am a new subscriber, and here are the POWs that I am researching. Pvt. James William McCORMACK enlisted in Co. B 30th Regiment TN Infantry at Red Boiling Springs, TN on Oct. 22 1861. Imprisoned at Camp Chase Ohio, but survived the Civil War. Pvt. William McCORMICK enlisted in Co. E 30th Regiment TN Infantry at Red Boiling Springs, TN on Oct. 22 1861, and died at Camp Butler IL on May 31, 1862. I would like to learn more about the POW Camps, Chase and Butler, and about the conditions in those camps. I have heard that many prisoners died at Camp Butler. It is my understanding that Camp Chase was reserved exclusively for officers. If that is correct, I don't understand why a private would be sent there. Can someone give me the correct information about that? Thanks much, A. Fort

    12/15/1998 05:15:03