Camp Ellsworth

Camp Ellsworth is a former American Civil War training camp that existed in 1862 in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was located near Fresh Pond, at the abandoned Reed and Bartlett Icehouse.[1][2]It was first occupied by the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment on June 1, 1861.[3]

References

  1. "Massachusetts". American Forts Network. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. "A Brief Chronology of Fresh Pond". Friends of Fresh Pond. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. Brown, James Lorenzo. Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865. C.W. Bryan & Co., 1888. p. 100

Coordinates: 42°23′02″N 71°08′38″W / 42.384°N 71.144°W / 42.384; -71.144

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.