Camp Chase Prison, No. 3 (Columbus, Ohio) Document, 1862

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Summary

Title:
Camp Chase Prison, No. 3, Columbus, Ohio -- Document,
Dates:
1862
Creators:
Davis, A.
Extent:
.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Camp Chase Prison, No. 3, Columbus, Ohio -- Document. Wyles SC 30. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

One Civil War document (ADS), description of Camp Chase Prison, No. 3, Columbus, Ohio, by A. Davis, 1862. Davis notes that inmates come from all walks of life, including farmers, lawyers, doctors, judges, criminals, sheriffs, gamblers, painters, singers, and surveyors. "A ramble through this city prison would present scenes of card playing and praying, earnest talking, deep arguments obscene jesting and profane swearing. The same walk show some writhing in pain. Others cooking and eating, some trading and perhaps a man dying."

Camp Chase also is described in works such as:

  • John Henry King, Three Hundred Days in a Yankee Prison: Reminiscences of War Life, Captivity, Imprisonment at Camp Chase, Ohio (1959).
  • Philip Raymond Shriver, Ohio's Military Prisons in the Civil War (1964).

Acquisition information:
Undetermined.
Physical location:
Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by D. Tambo
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 14 May 2003 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Camp Chase Prison, No. 3, Columbus, Ohio -- Document. Wyles SC 30. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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