Camp Boone
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snfromky
N 36° 36.631 W 087° 15.152
16S E 477416 N 4051696
Staging area and training camp for Kentuckians wanting to join the CSA.
Waymark Code: WMMVX
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2006
Views: 36
Here in 1861 was established a staging area and training camp for Kentuckians desiring to enlist for the Confederacy. An early camp commander was Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA. Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Roger W. Hanson brought here a regiment of Kentucky State Guards, which became the 2nd Ky. Inf., CSA. Other Kentucky units staging here included the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Ky. Calvary Regiments.
Marker Name: Camp Boone
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 3C 40
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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