Camp Butler National Cemetery

Illinois

5063 Camp Butler Road
Springfield, IL 62707
United States

Website

http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/campbutler.asp

This was once the site of a Union Civil War training camp and prison for approximately two thousand Confederate soldiers. It is now a cemetery for veterans and their dependents.

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