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27 sie 2020 · On May 27, 1861, Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler built Camp Butler on the point where the James River empties into Hampton Roads. Camp Butler had a water battery and was reinforced by two Union warships, USS Congress and USS Cumberland .
- Ben Butler and the Contrabands - The Mariners' Museum and Park
When Union general Benjamin Franklin Butler arrived at Fort...
- Ben Butler and the Contrabands - The Mariners' Museum and Park
Camp Misery, located off the bank of the Rappahannock River, was a Union Army camp established in 1861. It was originally known as Camp Butler, but earned the name Camp Misery because of the horrific winter in 1862 that the soldiers experienced.
28 maj 2021 · When Union general Benjamin Franklin Butler arrived at Fort Monroe, Virginia, he immediately sought to show the Virginians that his troops could go anywhere they wished on the Peninsula. On May 23, 1861, Butler sent Colonel J. Wolcock Phelps into Hampton.
A monument was erected in December 2005 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans in honor of Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Butler prison camp during the Civil War.
Image Source. From what I understand, the Prisoner of War camp was created alongside of Camp Butler to accommodate excess Confederate soldiers captured toward the end of the war. Essentially - the POW camp in Newport News served to solve an "overflow" of prisoners.
11 sie 2008 · The monument honors Confederate prisoners who died in a nearby Union POW camp at Camp Butler, April - August 1865. The Newsome House (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Winfield-Jones House (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Brown Center (approx. 0.3 miles away).
A well fortified military camp called Camp Butler was established on land owned by Parker West. Camp Butler remained for the duration of the war and included a Confederate POW prison camp for a few months after the war ended.
