 By Tom Fournier
The Americans won a resounding victory over the British at the Battle of the Thames (Moraviantown) on October 5, 1813. As part of this victory, they had hundreds of British prisoners who they marched into captivity in the United States. The first stop on this journey was “Camp Bull” in Chillicothe, Ohio. This was a prisoner of war camp built to accommodate the prisoners captured at the Battle of Lake Erie. Already at capacity it would be overwhelmed by the massive influx of prisoners from the Battle of the Thames.
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