Co. D, 10th Kentucky Mounted Rifles; CIVILIAN∼Andrew Jackson "Jack" Austin was the 3rd of twelve children born to Jesse and Margaret (Douglas) Austin. He married Lucy Bryant.

In a ca. 1934 article published in "The Southside Virginian", Vol. VI, #28, Jun 1983 issue, Norton, VA, on p 56, David Washington Austin (Jack's brother) related the story of his brother's Civil War Experience:
"Jesse Austin's oldest son Jack was taking a load of wool to the carding machine at Wise, VA during the Civil War; 7 July 1863. He came upon a group of Rebel Soldiers under the command of Ben Caudel (Caudill's Army). They invited him to come back and spend the night in camp, which he did. During the night, he awoke with a definite conviction that the enemy was advancing upon their group. He arose and went through the camp, waking all the soldiers. However, he didn't convince them and to save himself, he went out on a hill to watch as daylight came."

"In the early morning he spied a party of soldiers riding along the foot of the hill. They were dressed in Rebel clothing and thinking they were his friends, went down the hill to them. He had been right in his convictions that the enemy was coming. These men were so dressed in order to deceive the Rebels. Jack was taken prisoner along with all the others to whom he had given warning. All of them were taken to the prison camp at Fort Douglas, IL, where several contracted yellow fever. A few lived to return and tell the tale, but Jack died of the fever."

"Sometime during Jack's imprisonment he wrote the history of his life. This, a testament and a Hymn Book, he gave to a friend and asked them to be sent to his mother. These possessions were handed down from his mother to his youngest sister Jerusha Austin."

Researcher's note: In this 1934 article, David Washington Austin, said that he believed the history of Jack's life, his testament and Hymn Book were in Jerry Bryant's possession. He did not identify specifically who Jerry Bryant was (is), but he appears to be related to their aunt Lucinda (Bryant), wife of Andrew Austin.
(Source: Austin Families Association of America-Barbara Austin Giacomelli, author).

A monument erected by Southern Veterans is all that remains of Camp Douglas. It is located at Oak Woods Cemetery surrounded by an untold number of Confederate soldiers. Records of the dead at Camp Douglas seem to have been lost and/or miskept. It is truly unknown how many and who the southern soldiers were who lie beneath the ground in a large mass grave. The inscription on the monument reads: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF SIX THOUSAND SOUTHERN SOLDIERS HERE BURIED WHO DIED IN CAMP DOUGLAS PRISON 1862-5. Bronze tablets on the monument list some of the dead Confederate soldiers buried there but how many more soldiers in The Camp Douglas Confederate Mound will always be unknown.