Camp Meigs (2)

Camp Meigs (2) (1862-1865) - A U.S. Civil War Union Training Camp established in 1862 near Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Named Camp Meigs after Quarter Master General Montgomery C. Meigs, (Cullum 846). Closed in 1865. 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. 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 discharge of many of the Massachusetts units returning from the war. Closed in 1865. Current Status Now Camp Meigs Memorial Park with many markers, reader boards and other memorials. {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Maps & Images Lat: 42.23473 Long: -71.13209 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 57' See Also: Sources: Civil War Camps At Readville (pdf) Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 405. Links: North American Forts - Camp Meigs Wikipedia - Camp Meigs Historical Digression - Civil War Training Camps in Massachusetts, Part One Milton Historical Society - Camp Meigs Waymarking - Camp Meigs Visited: No