Camp Chase | |
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Part of American Civil War prison camps | |
Columbus, Ohio, United States | |
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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 | |
![]() More than 2,200 Confederate graves are in the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery | |
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Location | 2900 Sullivant Ave., Columbus, Ohio |
Coordinates | 39°56′38″N 83°4′33″W / 39.94389°N 83.07583°W |
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.
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