THE BOOK HAD SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CAMP DOUGLAS,BUT I FELT IT SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE PICTURES AND LAYOUT MAPS OF THE CAMP ITSELF.THE PICTURES OF CIVIL WAR GENERALS WERE KIND OF SUPERFELOUS TO THE NARATIVE,WHICH WAS PRETTY GOOD IN ITSELF.I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANNED UPRISING AT THE CAMP WHICH WAS SQUELCHED BEFORE IT COULD HAPPEN.I HAVE ACTUAL NEWSPAPERS FROM NOV.1864 WHICH DESCRIBE THE SAME EVENTS.I GREW UP TWO MILES WEST OF WHERE THE CAMP WAS LOCATED AND ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL INTEREST IN IT.AS A CHILD,MY FATHER AND I DISCOVERED WHAT I NOW KNOW TO HAVE BEEN A 10LBS PARROTT SHELL BURIED IN OUR BACKYARD,PROBABLY FIRED FROM THE CAMP TOWARDS WHAT WAS THEN EMPTY LAND,UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS LONG DISAPPEARED.IN ALL I THOUGHT THE BOOK WAS PRETTY GOOD,I RECOMMEND AS A FOLLOW UP "EIGTHY ACRES OF HELL" DVD BY THE HISTORY CHANNEL AND GEORGE LEVY'S BOOK "TO DIE IN CHICAGO".Read full review
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