- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Camp Douglas POW Camp
- Creator:
- True Williams
- Contributor to Resource:
- From Harper's Weekly, Wikimedia Commons
- Publisher:
- Harper's Weekly
- Date of Original:
- 1862-04-05
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Camp Douglas, depicted in this etching from Harper's Weekly, served as a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War. Elizabeth Church Robb frequently visited the camp to assist Confederate prisoners—a fact that was later used to sensationalize her legacy as a Lost Cause heroine.
Image of a sketch by True Williams, originally entitled "Camp Douglas, Near Chicago, Illinois, where seven thousand rebel prisoners are quartered," and "Rebel prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago Illinois" This drawing depicts a sky view of the POW camp atop depictions of Confederate prisoners of war inside the camp. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/elizabeth-church-robb/camp-douglas-pow-camp_001/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Douglas_(Chicago)
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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