Post by DarkWolfe on Nov 25, 2012 13:21:48 GMT -5
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Camp McClellan in Davenport, Iowa was a Union Army camp in August 1861. It was a 300 acre training grounds and hospital for the wounded. The hospital contained a pharmacy, clean rooms, and a dietary kitchen.
In 1863 it became a prison for members of the Sioux tribe, who were said to be involved in raids in Minnesota, and was then called Camp Kearney. The camp was decommissioned in 1866 after the prisoners were released. Imprisoned were 177 male members of the Sioux tribe, 16 women and 2 children. The men were involved in the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota and were held in the camp because President Lincoln commuted their death sentences. He felt Davenport was far enough away from Minnesota to protect the Sioux from lynch mobs. On April 25th they boarded the steamboat "Favorite" at Mankato, Minnesota and taken to their quarters without incident. They were given beef and four bushels of corn daily and bread which they did not like.
In December a wall was built along the western road, to separate the recruits from the Indians. The camp became unsanitary and the townspeople became hostile about the Indians being there. When it died down some of them were taken to the fields to work nearby farm fields.
August 1864 President Lincoln freed 27 of the Sioux who were sent to the Dakotas.
April 10, 1866 President Johnson released the remaining 177 prisoners to the reservation at Santee. The remaining 91 prisoners had died and were buried in unmarked graves. On July 25, 1878 scientists opened four graves removing only the skulls for study. When Iowa passed reburial laws the remains were given to the Dakota tribe at Morton, Minnesota, for reburial. The Dakota held a memorial ceremony on the former site of Camp Kearney in 2005. When the Indians left the camp it was torn down. Today it is a residential area known as McClellan Heights.
~DarkWolfe
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Camp McClellan in Davenport, Iowa was a Union Army camp in August 1861. It was a 300 acre training grounds and hospital for the wounded. The hospital contained a pharmacy, clean rooms, and a dietary kitchen.
In 1863 it became a prison for members of the Sioux tribe, who were said to be involved in raids in Minnesota, and was then called Camp Kearney. The camp was decommissioned in 1866 after the prisoners were released. Imprisoned were 177 male members of the Sioux tribe, 16 women and 2 children. The men were involved in the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota and were held in the camp because President Lincoln commuted their death sentences. He felt Davenport was far enough away from Minnesota to protect the Sioux from lynch mobs. On April 25th they boarded the steamboat "Favorite" at Mankato, Minnesota and taken to their quarters without incident. They were given beef and four bushels of corn daily and bread which they did not like.
In December a wall was built along the western road, to separate the recruits from the Indians. The camp became unsanitary and the townspeople became hostile about the Indians being there. When it died down some of them were taken to the fields to work nearby farm fields.
August 1864 President Lincoln freed 27 of the Sioux who were sent to the Dakotas.
April 10, 1866 President Johnson released the remaining 177 prisoners to the reservation at Santee. The remaining 91 prisoners had died and were buried in unmarked graves. On July 25, 1878 scientists opened four graves removing only the skulls for study. When Iowa passed reburial laws the remains were given to the Dakota tribe at Morton, Minnesota, for reburial. The Dakota held a memorial ceremony on the former site of Camp Kearney in 2005. When the Indians left the camp it was torn down. Today it is a residential area known as McClellan Heights.
~DarkWolfe