Confederate Mass Grave
the Confederate Mass Grave is part of Chicago , Oakwoods Cemetery .Top photos chosen by u all:
Confederate Mound
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More than seven thousand Confederates died at Camp Douglas, and are buried in concentric circles around this monument, with no markers. The plaques list the names of those known to rest there.
Confederate Mound
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The US government owns and maintains the Confederate Mound within the cemetery, which is set apart from the rest of the burial grounds and decorated with cannons.
Union guards
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A handful of Union guards have grave markers on Confederate Mound, the mass grave for Confederate prisoners who died at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Nearest places of interest:
| Auburn Park Lagoons Tuley Park Marynook Stony Island Avenue | Oakwoods Cemetery Woodlawn Fountain of time Stagg Field |
