Camp Recovery-HCC-Decatur Co
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N 30° 45.238 W 084° 43.901
16R E 717128 N 3404534
Intersection of Booster Club amd Recovery Roads, just west of Ga 310
Waymark Code: WMBW64
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2011
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The medical camp was established on September 15, 1820 by the Southeastern Army of the United States headquartered at Fort Scott. It was used as a recuperation area for soldiers who had contracted malaria and dysentery in the swampy environs of the fort. Soldiers considered the fort to be the deadliest military assignment in the country because of numerous illnesses and deaths there. The camp was located on a high ridge three miles southeast of Fort Scott. A 34-pound cannon marks the site of the camp and the nearby cemetery for the soldiers who perished here.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Decatur Historical Society, 1995.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: None
Date: 1995
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Decatur Historical Society
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