Indiana in the Civil War

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Indiana in the Civil War

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Table of Contents

• Notable Hoosiers
• Indiana Civil War statistics
• African- American Soldiers from Indiana

• Underground Railroad in Indiana
• Camp Morton
• Morgans Raid

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Morgans Raid
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Morgans Raid

• Diversionary move to get the attention of
  Burnside whose army was in Eastern Tenn and
  threatened Chattanooga
• Lasted 6 days in Indiana
• Longest raid in the Civil War
• Not militarily signifcant, but was significant to
  Indiana.
• Raid ended in Ohio

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Underground Railroad in Indiana

• Levi and Catherine Coffin
• - President
• -Quaker store keeper
• -Abolitionist
• -Station Master of the Indiana Und. Railroad
• He and his wife help over 2,000 slaves reach
  freedom

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Coffin House

• Grand Central Station of the Eastern Trail
• More than 2000 slaves passed through here
• More than 100 per year on average used the house

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Indiana Routes

• One of three routes through Indiana
• Coffins home was a stopping point along the
  route
• Other two routes started in New Albany and
  Evansville eventually ending in South Bend

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Notable Hoosiers in the Civil War

• Oliver Morton
• General Lew Wallace
• General Ambrose Burnside
• Jefferson Davis
• Don Carlos Buell
• Schuyler Colfax
• Eli Lilly
• Benjamin Harrison

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Camp Morton
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Camp Morton

• Started as a training and recruitment depot for
  Indiana volunteers
• Prison Camp for Confederate soldiers
• Held 2000-5000 POWs at any one time
• Over 9000 were imprisoned here
• Nearly 20 died of various causes at Camp Morton

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Camp Morton

• Housed at the state fairgrounds
• Housing consisted of stables, exhibition halls,
  and barns
• Conditions were poor at the camp there was a
  smallpox outbreak in 1863
• Early hospital was a series of tents later a few
  buildings were built, but tents were still used.

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Camp Morton

• Early latrines were simple pits in the ground,
  covered over when filled, and dug elsewhere.
• Escape was so prevalent, that an additional fence
  was put as well as a ditch along the camp.
• In one escape, 35 people escaped but were
  recaptured.
• 3 to 10 escape attempts could be going on at
  anytime.

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Camp Morton

• Housed prisoners from the Morgan Raid until most
  were sent to Camp Douglas
• One of the Original commanders was Col. Richard
  Owen, who was liked by the prisoners. So much so,
  that they erected a statue in his honor in 1911.
• Lowest Mortality rate of all Union prison camps
• Although in the winter of 1863-1864, 3 people
  died a day

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Colonel Hoffman

• Cut rations of POWs to save money
• Money was put in a common camp fund
• Money used to buy ovens, boilers, and other items
  to prepare food for the soldiers
• Used some of the money for stamps, tobacco, and
  stationary, which helped raise morale somewhat.
• Camp was viewed as a model of effeciency

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Camp Morton

• At the time of which I write the cooking at Camp
  Morton was done by my details. We baked daily
  from 5,000 to 7,000 loaves, about six inches
  cube, of good white bread, which gave to each
  prisoner a loaf, appetizing and healthful. Our
  own men were then drawing only hard tack as an
  equivalent. On their arrival the prisoners were
  given necessary clothing and blankets. Each man
  received one of the latter, and as two usually
  bunked together, they joined forces. As the cold
  weather of autumn approached we made a further
  issue of a blanket apiece, and some of the men
  fashioned the old ones into capes or cloaks, and
  the sight of a sturdy Confederate strolling about
  with the Uncle Sams U.S. branded between his
  shoulders was not uncommon.
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Camp Mortons Gate