Civil War | Cemetery
Camp Butler National Cemetery
Illinois
5063 Camp Butler Road
Springfield, IL 62707
United States
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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