Processed by
Emily Castle
September 2006
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
1 manuscript box, 6 flat file folders |
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COLLECTION |
1861–1868 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, AZ, December 2005 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
2006.0091 |
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NOTES: |
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Camp Carrington was established as a Civil War camp in 1862 in Indianapolis. It was named for General Henry B. Carrington, who served as Colonel and Brigadier General in the Union Army. It was one of the largest of the twenty-four camps established during the war in the Indianapolis area, and was located between the Canal and Fall Creek near present-day 15th and Missouri Streets. When it originally opened it was known as Camp Murray. It replaced Camp Morton as the main training camp when Camp Morton was established as a POW camp. During the last year of the war practically all the Indiana regiments were organized there.
Camp Morton was a training place for Indiana soldiers until February 1862, when it was converted into a prisoner of war camp.
Camp Noble, also known as Noble Barracks, was named for Indiana’s Adjutant General. It provided training facilities for the 17th and 23rd batteries.
Sources:
Winslow, Hattie Lou. Camp Morton, 1861-1865: Indianapolis prison camp. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1940. General Collection: F521 .I41 v. 13, no. 3
The bulk of the collection consists of six oversize folders, three of which contain muster rolls from hospitals, and sick and wounded reports, all from Camp Carrington between 1862 and 1865. There is another flat file with muster rolls from Camp Morton, City General Hospital, and Noble Barracks, and two flat files containing abstracts of hospital issues from Camp Carrington and Camp Morton.
The five manuscript folders contain Camp Carrington papers also, which include: camp correspondence, daily reports, requisitions for supplies, orders, papers and correspondence from the U.S. Army Medical Doctor and the State Surgeon General, and an invoice.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Abstract of issues to hospital, July 1862–Feb. 1863 |
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Daily reports, 6–12 Sept. 1863 |
Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Invoice of medicines and hospital stores, bedding, etc., 10 Aug. 1865 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Muster roll of hospital department, Dec. 1862–Oct. 1865 |
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Orders and correspondence, 1864–65 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Quarterly and special requisitions for medicine and hospital supplies, 1864–65 |
Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Sick and wounded reports, Nov. 1862–Dec. 1863 |
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Sick and wounded reports, 1864–65 |
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U.S. Army Medical Director’s and Surgeon General’s correspondence, 1863–1895 |
Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Camp Morton, abstract of issues
to hospital, |
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Camp Morton, muster roll of hospital department, Oct.–Dec. 1862 |
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City General Hospital, muster roll of hospital department, June–Aug. 1862 |
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Noble Barracks, muster roll of hospital department, n.d. |
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