Camp Morton was a military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, during the American Civil War. It was named for Indiana governor Oliver Morton. While the military facilities at Camp Morton no longer exist, the remains of 1,616 Confederate soldiers and sailors who died while prisoners at the camp are interred at Indianapolis's Crown Hill Cemetery. Several monuments and historical markers commemorate Camp Morton, including a bust of Richard Owen, a camp commandant, at the Indiana Statehouse, and memorials to the Confederate prisoners who died at the camp at Indianapolis's Garfield Park and Crown Hill.
John fought at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee and having been captured there, he died in prison at Camp Morton in 1862.
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John fought at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee and having been captured there, he died in prison at Camp Morton in 1862.
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Camp Morton was a military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, during the American Civil War. It was named for Indiana governor Oliver Morton. While the military facilities at Camp Morton no longer exist, the remains of 1,616 Confederate soldiers and sailors who died while prisoners at the camp are interred at Indianapolis's Crown Hill Cemetery. Several monuments and historical markers commemorate Camp Morton, including a bust of Richard Owen, a camp commandant, at the Indiana Statehouse, and memorials to the Confederate prisoners who died at the camp at Indianapolis's Garfield Park and Crown Hill.
John fought at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee and having been captured there, he died in prison at Camp Morton in 1862.
Information Provided by Find-A-Grave Member KCHM
John fought at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee and having been captured there, he died in prison at Camp Morton in 1862.
Information Provided by Find-A-Grave Member KCHM
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MEMBER OF CO H 2nd
? V INFANTRY C.S.A.
BORN APRIL 28, 1841,
CAPTURED AT FORT
DONELSON, DIED A
PRISONER OF WAR
AT CAMP MORTON
APRIL 1 1862
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