6/2/15 Hogg MS Students visit Camp Ford by Andrew D. Brosig
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Rick "Bear" Umfleet, left, and Mark Allan "Mouse" Hass display a replica of the flag carried in battle by the Cherokee Braves, a group of Native American warriors who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, on Tuesday at Camp Ford in Tyler. The five red stars inside the circle of white stars represent the "Five Civilized Nations" who threw their support behind southern states during the war, said Archie L. "Otter" Hass Jr. who, with Umfleet and "Mouse" Hass, are direct descendants of those Native American fighters., Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Native American re-enactor Archie L. Hass Jr., who goes by the name Otter, plays the wood flute Tuesday for a group of students from Hogg Middle School in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Native American re-enactor Archie L. Hass Jr., who goes by the name Otter, plays the wood flute Tuesday for a group of students from Hogg Middle School in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Archie L. Hass Jr., who goes by the moniker Otter, talks about the history of Native American fighters who sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War on Tuesday with a group of students from Hogg Middle School during a tour at the Camp Ford Historic Site grounds in Tyler. Hass, a direct descendent of those Native American guerrilla fighters, shared information about there equipment, weapons and even music of his ancestors during the Civil War. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Archie L. Hass Jr. shows a replica sundial compass to students from Hogg Middle School on Tuesday during a tour of the Camp Ford Historic Site in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Hue Adams, chairman of the Camp Ford Committee of the Smith County Historical Society, leads a group of students from Hogg Middle School along the trail Tuesday at the camp site on Hwy. 271 North in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Hogg Middle School students from Tyler learn more about the Camp Ford prisoner of war camp on Tuesday during a field trip to the site on Hwy. 271 North in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Hogg Middle School students from Tyler make their way further into the woods past a plaque telling about the artesian spring on the Camp Ford site on Thursday at the camp on Hwy. 271 North in Tyler. Camp Ford, the largest Confederate-run prison west of the Mississippi in its day, was also considered the most humane and had one of the best survival rates for prisoners or war due, in part, to the constant supply of fresh water the spring provided, said Hue Adams, chairman of the Smith County Historical Society committee charged with the care and upkeep of the historic site. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Hogg Middle School students from Tyler make their way further into the woods past a plaque telling about the artesian spring on the Camp Ford site on Thursday at the camp on Hwy. 271 North in Tyler. Camp Ford, the largest Confederate-run prison west of the Mississippi in its day, was also considered the most humane and had one of the best survival rates for prisoners or war due, in part, to the constant supply of fresh water the spring provided, said Hue Adams, chairman of the Smith County Historical Society committee charged with the care and upkeep of the historic site. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Hue Adams, chairman of the Camp Ford Committee of the Smith County Historical Society, talks about the history and layout of the camp with a group of students from Hogg Middle School on Tuesday at the camp site on Hwy. 271 North in Tyler. In its hey-day, Camp Ford housed a total of 6,000 Northern prisoners of war during the Civil War from 1862-1865, the largest Confederate prison west of the Mississippi. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph