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    1. Re: [CW-POW-L] Camp Douglas, Chicago
    2. Geoff Walden
    3. The 5th Ky. Cav. was indeed one of Gen. John Hunt Morgan's units. The regiment was captured nearly entirely at the end of Morgan's Ohio Raid in July 1863, and never reconstituted. Most of the men went into prison at Camps Douglas and Morton. I know of no web sites such as you asked about ... it would great if there were. The best reference I have seen on Camp Douglas is George Levy's book "To Die in Chicago" (Evanston, 1994). Arthur Terrill was a Pvt. in Co. G, 5th Ky. Cav., but I don't have any more info on him (source: "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War 1861-65" (Frankfort, 2 vols., 1915, 1918). Geoff Walden Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1703 Elizabethtown, KY gwalden@sw.cybersurf.de -----Original Message----- From: Larry Miller <lmiller@ezl.com> To: CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com <CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 4:35 AM Subject: [CW-POW-L] Camp Douglas, Chicago >Can anyone point me to a place on the web that has information regarging >Camp Douglas that was in Chicago. I found two sites that give brief >overviews and bibliographies of books that give more information, but has >anyone done any posting as to the soldiers who were interned there? > >We have a release document for Arthur Terrill (which I can't find at the >moment to get the date of release!However I don remember that it was near >the end of the war.), but I can't determine the rank and the unit appears >to be 5 Ky Cav. I have searched several sites that list confederate units >and can find no reference to the 5 Ky Cav. I did find one site that >indicated Morgan may have had a 5th regiment in his cavalry, but I can't >find the reference now. > >Any help? (other than I need to be more organized and remember where >things are!) > >Larry Miller >Edwardsville IL > >______________________________

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