Camp Chase

Camp Chase
Part of American Civil War prison camps
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Type	Army Training Camp and Union Prison Camp
Site information
Owner	U.S. Government
Controlled by	Union Army
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
In use	1861–1865
Demolished	1865–1867
Battles/wars	American Civil War
Garrison information
Occupants	Union soldiers, Confederate officer prisoners of war
Camp Chase Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
More than 2,200 Confederate graves are in the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Interactive map
Location	2900 Sullivant Ave., Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates	39°56′38″N 83°4′33″W / 39.94389°N 83.07583°W / 39.94389; -83.07583
Area	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built	1861
NRHP reference No.	73001434[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

Camp Chase was a military staging and training camp established in Columbus, Ohio in May 1861 after the start of the American Civil War. It also included a large Union-operated prison camp for Confederate prisoners during the American Civil War.^[2]

The camp was closed and dismantled after the war and the site has been redeveloped for residential and commercial use, except for the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery,^[3] which contains 2,260 graves of Confederates who died in captivity both in Camp Chase and in Camp Dennison near Cincinnati.^[4] Camp Chase was located in what is now the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Camp Chase is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.