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| Title | Inside Camp Morton |
| Item ID | P0388_P_C8926 |
| Description | Up to 5, 000 Confederates were held in the camp at one time. The ditch, which prisoners called the Potomac, flooded in rainy seasons, while in hot weather it disappeared except for a few stagnant pools. They were supposed to wash their clothes in it. |
| Subject | Prisons
Prisoners of war
Prisoners
Camp Morton (Ind.)
Indianapolis (Ind.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
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| Creator | Eugene F. Drake of Company I, 60th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, employed for guard and garrison duty in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1864. |
| Date | ca. 1864-1865 |
| Geographic Location | Indiana--Indianapolis |
| Format of Original | Albumen photograph |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Owning Institution | Indiana Historical Society |
| Source Collection Name | Eugene F. Drake Camp Morton Photographs ca. 1864-1865 |
| Source Collection Number | P 0388 |
| Digital Collection Name | Indiana in the Civil War |
| Digital Collection Number | DC008 |
| Notes | Camp Morton contained approximateely 36 acres of land. Today that land is borderd by Nineteenth Street, Talbott Avenue, Twenty-second Street, and Central Avenue. The fence around the prison was made of 2 inch thick oak planks. A ditch ran through the property to accomodate the overflow from Fall Creek during spring rains. It was called the "State Ditch." The prisoners called it the "Potomac." (Information from Camp Morton 1861-1865: Indianapolis Prison Camp, by Hattie Lou Winslow and Joseph R. H. Moore, Indiana Historical Society, 1995. IHS Call Number: E616.M8 W56 1995.) |
| Destination IN Journey | Destination Indiana Civil War Camp Morton |
| Copyright Notice | Digital image © 2004 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
