Camp Stanton

Camp Edwin M. Stanton (usually known as just Camp Stanton) was an American Civil War training camp that existed from 1861-1862 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.[1] It was known as Camp Schuyler when it opened in 1861, but was renamed in 1862 in honor of United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.[2][3] It served as the training camp and rendezvous for recruits from Eastern Massachusetts (recruits from Western Massachusetts were sent to Camp Wool in Worcester, Massachusetts).[4] Soldiers stationed at Camp Schuyler/Stanton included Edward A. Wild, Henry Wilson, Nelson A. Miles, Edward Winslow Hinks, and Arthur F. Devereux.[5][6] During World War I it was renamed Camp Houston and served as a Massachusetts National Guard mobilization camp in 1917.[1][3] It was located on the Newburyport Turnpike (now part of U.S. Route 1) near the Peabody, Massachusetts line.[5][7] The camp was divided into streets, with tents and cook houses located on both sides of the Turnpike to Suntaug Lake.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Massachusetts". American Forts Network. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Roe, Alfred Seelye. The Thirty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1865. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Hockenbury, Nan (November 28, 2010). "The Mystery of William Hampton". Lynnfield Patch. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Schouler, William (1868). A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War. Boston: E. P. Dutton & Co., Publishers. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  5. 1 2 The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Volume 17. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Welsh, Jack D. (1996). Medical Histories of Union Generals. The Kent State University Press.
  7. ↑ Falls, Warren H. Lynnfield. Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

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