Camp Hughes
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GwynEvie
N 39° 21.291 W 086° 40.058
16S E 528635 N 4356208
This IHM describes the training camp for the 59th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Waymark Code: WM65MX
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2009
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This IHM can be found in Gosport in a small roadside park at SR 67 and 7th Street. The full text of the marker reads:
"Civil War training camp for the 59th Indiana Volunteer Infantry in 1861-62 was located one-half mile southwest of Gosport on White River. Named for former Indiana Congressman James Hughes."
The marker was placed by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission in 1963.
County: Owen
Year Placed: 1963
Name: Camp Hughes
ID#: 60.1966.1
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