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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1862-1865) - A [[U.S. Civil War]] Union Training Camp established in 1862 near Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Named Camp Meigs after | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1862-1865) - A [[U.S. Civil War]] Union Training Camp established in 1862 near Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Named Camp Meigs after Quartermaster General [[Montgomery C. Meigs]], {{Cullum|846}}. Closed in 1865. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Established in 1862 as a training camp for Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (MVM) troops enlisting for duty in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. Readville camps processed and trained at least 29,000 of the 114,000 men who served in the MVM units raised by the Commonwealth and processed at least 54 units. The Camp encompassed 139 acres and included barracks, stables, officers' quarters, kitchens. | Established in 1862 as a training camp for Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (MVM) troops enlisting for duty in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. Readville camps processed and trained at least 29,000 of the 114,000 men who served in the MVM units raised by the Commonwealth and processed at least 54 units. The Camp encompassed 139 acres and included barracks, stables, officers' quarters, kitchens. | ||
In 1864 Camp Meigs became the site of a thousand-bed US Army General Hospital, caring for the injured and sick of the Massachusetts Volunteer units near their place of enlistment. | Massachusetts Black regiments trained at Camp Meigs beginning in 1863. Those units included the 54th Infantry MVM, the 55th Infantry MVM, and the 5th Cavalry MVM. | ||
[[File:Camp Meigs c1861-62.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Camp Meigs circa 1861-1862.]] | |||
In 1864 Camp Meigs became the site of a thousand-bed US Army General Hospital, caring for the injured and sick of the Massachusetts Volunteer units near their place of enlistment. The hospital came to have some 71-buildings including wards, quarters, kitchens, support buildings, storehouses, etc. The staff treated more than 4,000 troops for campaign-related wounds or disease. The hospital was phased out at the end of the war with last wards being auctioned off in January 1866. | |||
At the end of the war, Camp Meigs also became a demobilization center, mustering out and discharging many Massachusetts units returning from the war. Closed in 1865. | |||
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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Now Camp Meigs Memorial Park with many markers, reader boards and other memorials. | [[File:Camp Meigs Memorial Stone.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Camp Meigs Black Regiment Memorial.]] | ||
Now Camp Meigs Memorial Park with many markers, reader boards and other memorials celebrating the contrbutions. | |||
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* Elevation: | * Elevation: 57' | ||
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'''See Also:''' | '''See Also:''' | ||
* [[Camp Cameron (2)]] | |||
* [[Camp Stanton (1)]] | |||
'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
* [ | * [http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/112241/ocm39647539.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Civil War Camps At Readville (pdf)] | ||
* {{Roberts}}, page 405. | * {{Roberts}}, page 405. | ||
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* [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMW1M9_Welcome_to_Camp_Meigs_Memorial_Park_Site_of_Civil_War_Training_Camps_Boston_MA Waymarking - Camp Meigs] | * [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMW1M9_Welcome_to_Camp_Meigs_Memorial_Park_Site_of_Civil_War_Training_Camps_Boston_MA Waymarking - Camp Meigs] | ||
{{Visited| | {{Visited|24 May 2018}} | ||
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[[Category:Massachusetts Suffolk County]] | [[Category:Massachusetts Suffolk County]] | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2018 Research Trip]] | ||
[[Category:Starter Page]] | [[Category:Starter Page]] | ||
[[Category:U.S. Civil War Camps]] | [[Category:U.S. Civil War Camps]] | ||
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HistoryEstablished in 1862 as a training camp for Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (MVM) troops enlisting for duty in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. Readville camps processed and trained at least 29,000 of the 114,000 men who served in the MVM units raised by the Commonwealth and processed at least 54 units. The Camp encompassed 139 acres and included barracks, stables, officers' quarters, kitchens. Massachusetts Black regiments trained at Camp Meigs beginning in 1863. Those units included the 54th Infantry MVM, the 55th Infantry MVM, and the 5th Cavalry MVM.  In 1864 Camp Meigs became the site of a thousand-bed US Army General Hospital, caring for the injured and sick of the Massachusetts Volunteer units near their place of enlistment. The hospital came to have some 71-buildings including wards, quarters, kitchens, support buildings, storehouses, etc. The staff treated more than 4,000 troops for campaign-related wounds or disease. The hospital was phased out at the end of the war with last wards being auctioned off in January 1866. At the end of the war, Camp Meigs also became a demobilization center, mustering out and discharging many Massachusetts units returning from the war. Closed in 1865.
Current Status Now Camp Meigs Memorial Park with many markers, reader boards and other memorials celebrating the contrbutions.
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Visited: 24 May 2018
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