Camp Carroll Reenactment at Mount Clare - Baltimore MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 16.746 W 076° 38.612
18S E 358240 N 4349036
I attended a Reenactment at Camp Carroll during the Civil War on October 8, 2011 on the lawn of Mount Clare, the Carroll family one.
Waymark Code: WM16VZ7
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2022
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TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER ON THE LAWN OF CAMP CARROLL:
Camp Carroll-From Plantation to Federal Camp-This land was part of a 2,568-acre tract named Georgia Plantation, that Charles Carroll purchased in 1732. By 1760, his son Charles Carroll, a lawyer, had constructed a Georgian summer home, Mount Clare. the Carroll family lived here until 1852.
In April 1861, in the first bloodshed of the Civil War, a crowd of Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore attacked the 6th Massachusetts Infantry as it passed through the city en rout to Washington. By summer the U.S. Army had established camps throughout Baltimore. Brig. Gen. John Reese Kenly, of the Maryland militia, opened a recruiting office and a month later took command of the 1st Maryland Infantry as colonel. He converted the pastures to the west of Mount Clare, then a hotel, into a training facility named Camp Carroll.
On March 22, 1862 the U.S. Army created the Middle Department in Baltimore to protect rail and communication lines. Gen. James Cooper’s brigade, organized in April, including troops stationed here at Camp Carroll near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line. The brigade was disbanded on May 25, 1862. Units were trained here in drill, guard, and patrol duties.
Officers may have been quartered in the Mount Clare Hotel, which offered an outstanding view of the camp. In the fall of 1862, Camp Carroll was renamed Camp Chesebrough, honoring Lt. Colonel William G. Chesebrough, 17th U.S. Infantry. In 1864 the name reverted to Camp Carroll. The camp remained in use by Federal forces until the war ended.
Dates of reenactment: From: 10/07/2011 To: 10/10/2011
What the reenactment is related to: War
Cost to attend reenactment: Free
Cost for parking: Free
Cost for participants: None
Website for further information: [Web Link]
Additional parking coordinates (if necessary): Not Listed
Special Events: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
At least one photo of the reenactment taken by you along with your thoughts and impressions on the event and any changes in location or date the original waymarker may need to know about.