Camp Douglas POW Camp

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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.

From Harper's Weekly, Wikimedia Commons

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Camp Douglas POW Camp in Chicago, Illinois

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