This is a note we got from a friend of ours who is in Wisconsin visiting. Thought it might be of interest to the group.THEA I'm still up here in Wisconsin.I went to the Confederate Cemetery today in Madison,WI.This is where a Yankee P.O.W.Camp was.It was called Camp Randall.In the Spring of 1862 a Regiment of the 1st Alabama was defending Island No.10 on the Mississippi River in Cairo,Illinois.They were trying to stop Yankee supply boats going South.The Yankees killed most of the Regiment before they could surrender.The survivors were transported to Camp Randall.They were wounded,sick and diseased.After a few weeks 140 of them died at Camp Randall.The ones they identified were buried in this cemetery.The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument at the cemetery. Camp Randall is now the site of the University of Wisconsin football stadium and athletic Dept....I took some pictures with a disposable camera.I hope they turn out.I'll bring them next time I see you. ...LarryTHEATHEA
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CAMP RANDALL Wisconsin (For Confederate POWS)
This is a note we got from a friend of ours who is in Wisconsin visiting. Thought it might be of interest to the group.THEA I'm still up here in Wisconsin.I went to the Confederate Cemetery today in Madison,WI.This is where a Yankee P.O.W.Camp was.It was called Camp Randall.In the Spring of 1862 a Regiment of the 1st Alabama was defending Island No.10 on the Mississippi River in Cairo,Illinois.They were trying to stop Yankee supply boats going South.The Yankees killed most of the Regiment before they could surrender.The survivors were transported to Camp Randall.They were wounded,sick and diseased.After a few weeks 140 of them died at Camp Randall.The ones they identified were buried in this cemetery.The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument at the cemetery. Camp Randall is now the site of the University of Wisconsin football stadium and athletic Dept....I took some pictures with a disposable camera.I hope they turn out.I'll bring them next time I see you. ...LarryTHEATHEA