Camp Morton Military Prison, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1864

Description:	Four photographs of the Civil War camp, named for Indiana Governor Oliver Morton, affixed to a gray mount. Handwritten on the mount: Camp Morton / Military Prison / Indianapolis Ind. / Scenes in 1864. The top left photograph depicts Union soldiers, some with guns, outside the fence with a sentrys walk near gates and a guard house. The decorative structures were originally used for the Indiana State Fairgrounds, converted into a military training camp in 1861. The other three images depict Confederate soldiers and military prisoners in the prison. Livestock barns were converted into barracks. Visible are tents, workers with wheelbarrows, and hanging laundry. The State Ditch (created previously to handle overflow from Fall Creek) was nicknamed Potomac.The 36-acre site, established on Hendersons Grove as a fairgrounds in 1859, was bordered by what is now East 22nd Street, Talbott Avenue, East 19th Street, and Central Avenue. The State Fair resumed and was held at this location until 1891, when the area was sold and developed for a residential neighborhood known as Morton Place.
Origin:	1864
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/CED71033-D495-4FED-935D-347047013762
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	David Yount Collection Military camps Soldiers Military life Prisons Prisoners of war United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Camp Morton (Ind.) Herron-Morton Place Neighborhood (Indianapolis, Ind.) Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.)

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