Re-dedication of the graves for the Confederates

See the article below to get a background on the Confederate Prison in Indianapolis during the Civil War. It was called Camp Morton after the famous wartime governor Oliver Morton. In addition to having this camp named after him, some claim Morton saved the Union by forcing the State of Indiana into the war and forcing financial backing for the Grand Army of the Union.

The burial grounds of the confederates has been desecrated several times. Moved here, moved there, stacked up, buried, and re-buried. There were 1616 soldiers buried there. Presently, the bones are in a "mound" in Crown Hill Cemetery. There is a magnificent stone monument which use to be their grave marker. It is about five miles away at Garfield Park. It is a real oddity that the dead lie so far from their tombstone.

At least there are some markers now at the grave mound at Crown Hill. It was dedicated on a beautiful day in 1993. My son Zach and I were there to see the ceremony. There was a parade, a placement of flags, and a speech by Congressman Andy Jacobs. It was a nice ceremony. Congressman Jacobs even highlighted one of the confederate dead by name. A soldier named Clinton who is an ancestor of the then President Bill Clinton. Too bad they didn't move the tombstone with the remains.