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Side view of monument with white grave markers of the Union guards at Camp Douglas

The Confederate Mound

Located in Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery, the Confederate Mound is situated on a former mass grave for Confederate prisoners of war, who died at Camp Douglas (1862-65). In 1887, the Ex-Confederate Association of Chicago received permission by the…

Confederate Mound Plaque

Confederate Mound Plaque

'Call to Arms'
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