Civil War Cemeteries

Oak Woods Cemetery

Chicago, IL

Confederate Mound

[41.76701, -87.6025] 

Government records show 4275 Confederate dead but the Placque on the Mound estimates 6000.

Twelve Federal Guards that died at Camp Douglas. Names unknown.

Bronze plates on the monument represent

East face: Call to Arms

West face: Veterans Return Home

 

South Face: Soldiers Death Dream

Marker explaining how the dead are buried.

Lone Confederate marker.

Dedication plate

Followed by 15 plates with the names of the soldiers buried here.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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