Video Summer Sweet Spots: Camp Randall Memorial Park

Sitting in the shadow of Camp Randall Stadium, the 6.5 acre Camp Randall Memorial Park is a quiet green space listed on the National Register as an important Civil War-related site in Wisconsin. Today people hang out and study or play catch, but the site has a storied past. From 1858-1885 the Wisconsin State Fair was hosted here, and it was used as a Civil War training ground for Union Army troops from 1861-1865. And famously, for several months in 1862, it was the detention center for more than 1,200 Confederate prisoners of war.