Jack:
I have not read the article.
The boulder and arch memorial are at Camp Chase cemetery. There were, I
think about 2,260 confederate burials there, although some were removed to
the south. Johnson's Island has 206 stones and David Bush says there are
50-52 unknown graves. One guy has, or had, two stones. It also has a
Confederate Memorial. All can be seen in pictures on the web. Another good
site...
http://home.thirdplanet.net/lsrssw/
Dave Bush can be contacted at dbush(a)mail.heidelberg.edu
about Johnson's Island.
One other interesting note is that the island was a resort area before the
turn of the century with big pavillion, etc. There are also houses on the
other end. The cemetery, on a small part of the island, is still totally in
tact and the federal portion of Fort Johnson, although gone, is probably the
best example of a true fort area in the US. Everything below ground is
undisturbed and this what they have been working on with some great finds.
You can not get onto the rest of the island without permission, although
unless you're looking underground it all looks alike.
Camp Chase on the other hand is just a cemetery downtown Columbus on the
site of.
That girl must really have her story screwed up because to my knowledge
there is no boulder on the island. She has to be talking about Camp Chase.
Let me know if you find one, but you won't.
Jon Andrews
From: Jb502000(a)aol.com
Reply-To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INPCRP] Re: article
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:28:15 EST
In a message dated 1/16/02 5:17:42 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
sianoil(a)hotmail.com writes:
> . I've been to
> both cemeteries several times and was there when they did a dig on
> Johnson's
> Island.
Jon,
On the Issue of Johnsons Island in Ohio, did you read the article
in
the Akron Beacon Journal. The Lady Reporter, Fran, said she was amazed when
she saw carved on a large boulder on the Island that 2,300 confederate
soilders were buried there.. I believe you, but where did she come up with
such a number. And on what Boulder on the Island. I went to the Johnson
Island web site and never saw that mentioned. What's happened. I'll be in
Ohio in March, I think I'll go visit the cemetery.
Jack Briles
jb502000(a)aol.com
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