Camp Ford - Early Days as a Prison Camp

During the winter of 1863-64 the camp housed only about 170 prisoners, mostly officers. Life was generally

pleasant and the men were well treated. Prison crafts and endeavors flourished. Fairly substantial log cabins were

erected. Streets were laid out ...

Camp Ford Confederate Guards

The initial guards at the camp were local militia commanded by a regular officer, Captain S.M. Warner. With the

arrival of the Fordoche prisoners in October 1863, their numbers were inadequate, and an independent Cavalry

company, the Walter P. ...

African Americans at Camp Ford

The issues of African Americans in the military became a keystone of controversy involving the politics of prisoner

of war exchange. This issue did not start in the east, but in the theater of the Mississippi river, and Camp ...

Camp Ford - Naval Prisoners

Camp Ford had the distinction of having the most naval prisoners of any camp, North or South. There was no coordination between the branches, with each responsible for arranging the exchange of their men. By the fall of 1864, the ...

Camp Ford - Prisoners from Louisiana

In June 1863, CS General Richard Taylor commenced a campaign in South Louisiana that resulted in the capture of a number of Union troops in the Morgan City area. The enlisted men were paroled, but the officers were detained ...

Camp Ford - Establishment of the Camp

In March 1862, the movement of the Confederate army in Northern Arkansas to the Mississippi River left the northern frontier of the Trans-Mississippi virtually defenseless. Immediate efforts in Texas were made to raise new regiments for service in Arkansas. ...

Camp Ford Stockade

Confederate Prisoner of War Camp

The initial prisoners to arrive at Camp Ford were kept in the open with no stockade. Panic resulted with the arrival with over 600 prisoners October 23, 1863. The Camp Commander, Col. R.T.P. Allen, with only ...

Camp Ford

On this site during the Civil War was located Camp Ford the largest prisoner of war compound for Union troops west of Mississippi river named in honor of Col. John S. "Rip" Ford who originally established a training camp here ...

Camp Ford

stockade prison of Federal soldiers during the Civil War

Marker is on U.S. 271, on the right when traveling north.

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Colonel William Crawford / The 1782 Sandusky Campaign

Ohio Historical Markers

[Side A] Colonel William Crawford

Colonel William Crawford, a lifelong friend of George Washington, was born in Virginia in 1722. He was married twice, first to Ann Stewart and later to Hannah Vance. In 1755, he served with Colonel ...