Historic Markers - Camp Morton 1861-1865 IN129

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Camp Morton 1861-1865 IN129

Site selected by Lew Wallace as training camp for volunteers on old State Fairgrounds in 1861 and named for Governor Oliver P. Morton. Used as a camp for Confederate prisoners 1862-65. Col. Richard Owen, Commandant.

Erected by Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962.

1900 N. Alabama St., Heron-Morton Park, Indianapolis, Marion County Indiana


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