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In 1861 the United States Army established a prisoner of war camp on Johnson's Island, approximately 1 mile south of this point. The camp housed captured Confederate officers and was maintained until 1865, when it was dismantled. The camp cemetery contains the graves of 206 men who died as a result of disease, wounds, or execution while incarcerated.
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Marblehead, Ohio · United States
