Camp Morton

Creation Date

1861-04

Dissolution Date

1865-07

Entity Type

Organization

Constructed in Indianapolis, Indiana, in April 1862. Established by Adjutant General Lew Wallace. Served as a military camp and prison camp from April 1862 to July 1865. Commanded by Colonel Richard Owen from 1862 to 1865.

“Camp Morton,” Discover Indiana, April 2, 2019, Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, accessed October 15, 2021,
https://publichistory.iupui.edu/items/show/259?tour=30&index=17.
The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, ed. David Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994).
John A. Wyeth, "Horrors Of Camp Morton" Southern Historical Society Papers, vol. 18 (Jan. 1890 - Dec. 1890), 328–33.

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