The role of Chicago in the Civil War

Creation and development of Camp Douglas

Camp Douglas as a reception and training center for Union troops

History of the treatment of prisoners of war in America

Camp Douglas selected as a prisoner camp and prisoners arrive

Camp Douglas and U.S. prison camp leadership

Prisoner exchanges under the Dix-Hill Cartel and oath of allegiance

Prison life : stories and treatment from the prisoners' perspectives

Prisoner health and medical care

Death in the Civil War and at Camp Douglas

The Conspiracy of 1864

Reasons for conditions and death at Camp Douglas

Other Union and Confederate prison camps