Second Massachusetts Infantry Camp, May 17-30, 1898 - Florida Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Camp Massachusetts, one of five encampments in Lakeland during the Spanish-American War, bordered part of Lake Morton. Pvt. Wesley S. Brass, of company I, died here and was given "a funeral that a marshal of France might have deserved..." The 71st New York Infantry encamped by this Lake, West of Massachusetts Avenue.

Marker Number: none Date: 1948 County: Polk Marker Type: City Sponsored or placed by: City Library Website: Not listed

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