The POWs were taken by train to Indiana and crowds
gathered to see them. The men were taken to Camp Morton, Indiana
and they were described as “young men, pale, beardless boys,
some under seventeen….They had served but four and one-half
months. Few were in uniforms, most wearing butternut jeans.
All carried huge bundles, containing blankets, etc….” Many had
severe colds and there were some sick with diarrhea, typhoid and
pneumonia.
“Forgotten Chapter in
Lafayette’s Civil War”
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