Camp Sevier
N 34° 53.989 W 082° 20.269
17S E 377769 N 3862749
This marker is located at a corner of a strip mall near one of those big billboard signs.
Waymark Code: WM3QD1
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2008
Views: 56
This camp, named in honor of John Sevier, Lieut. Col., N.C. militia, 1777, Col., 1781, Brig. Gen., U.S.P.A., 1798, was approved as cantonment site May 21, 1917. The 30th Division trained here from August 28, 1917 to May 1, 1918; the 81st, from May 18, 1918 to July 16, 1918; the 20th, from August 12, 1918 to February 28, 1919.
Marker Name: Camp Sevier
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
County: Greenville
Marker number: Not listed
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