CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT THE CONFEDERATE MOUND LOCATED AT OAK WOODS CEMETERY IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

FINAL RESTING PLACE OF AUGUSTUS H. WASHBURN

Augustus H. Washburn, a member of Cox's Tennessee Calvary Battalion of the Confederate Army, was captured at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads near Lexington, Tennessee, on December 31, 1862. Following capture, more than 300 Confederate soldiers under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest were transported to Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. Augustus died at the Union prisoner of war camp on March 18, 1863. Soldiers who died at the camp were initially buried either on the camp grounds or at a city cemetery on the North Side of Chicago in unmarked pauper graves. Following the war, approximately 6,000 Confederate dead were moved to Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago. A 46 foot tall monument was erected in memory of the soldiers and dedicated on May 30, 1895. The dedication service was attended by U.S. President Grover Cleveland along with about 100,000 other persons. In 1911, bronze panels were added to the base, with the soldiers' names, ranks, units, and home states. Included among the names on the bronze panels is the name of Augustus H. Washburn of Company C, Cox's Tennessee Battalion.

Camp Douglas was known as the "Andersonville of the North." The Confederate Mound at Oak Woods Cemetery is the largest Confederate burial ground in all the North.