Map, 1 item, 21.5" x 17." Copy. "Plan showing Lands occupied for Camp Butler also lands trespassed upon by troops &c situate in Sangamon Co. Illinois & in Township 16 N. R. 4 West of 3rd P.M. -1863- ." A hand drawn map, author unknown, showing the location of the Civil War era Camp Butler on the Sangamon River, south of James Town (now Riverton, Illinois). The map shows the location of the camp's barracks, headquarters at the Clear Lake Hotel, first cemetery, as well as the course of the Sangamon River, roads, the Great Western Railroad, and wooded areas. Camp Butler, named after state treasurer William Butler, was established as a muster-in and training camp in the summer of 1861. It became the second-largest military camp in Illinois after Camp Douglas in Chicago. In February, 1862 the Camp began to be used to hold Confederate prisoners. Soon after they arrived a smallpox epidemic killed 700 prisoners and a cemetery was established. On 17 July 1862 President Lincoln designated Camp Butler as one of 16 original National Cemeteries, and it began to be used for the burial of Union soldiers as well. By the end of the war 1,642 soldiers were buried at Camp Butler. Camp Butler has continued as a military cemetery to the present. Copy of an original map located in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Gift of Arlyn Booth and Ron Peddicord, 2012. LHC 123. Located in Oversize Cabinet, drawer 10.