Camp Beauregard
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N 35° 36.985 W 088° 49.799
16S E 334263 N 3942946
Camp Beauregard
Waymark Code: WM1ND4
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2007
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Among the Confederate units activated and trained in the staging area which stood here were the 6th Tenn. Infantry (Stephens), 9th Tenn. Infantry (Douglass), 12th Tenn. Infantry (Russell), 13th Tenn. Infantry (Wright), and 15th Tenn. Infantry (Carroll). The camp was activated in May, 1861; Col. William H. Stephens, CSA. was its first commander. Normal procedure was for companies to organize in their home communities, then to repair here for organization into regiments.
Marker Name: Camp Beauregard
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker Number: 4D34
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
TN Historical Commission
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