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Camp Grant (6) (1863-1865) - A U.S. Civil War era Camp established in 1863 by Captain John P. Simpson and Company E of the 1st California Volunteer Battalion of Mountaineers. The camp was located near Dyerville, Humboldt County, California. Named Camp Grant after Ulysses S. Grant. Abandoned in 1865.
History
Established in October 1863 on the upper Eel River three miles east of Dyerville in Humboldt County, California. Dyerville no longer exists but the location is known. Captain John P. Simpson with Company E of the 1st California Volunteer Battalion of Mountaineers established the camp.
Captain Simpson and his troops captured 166 hostile Indians, who he placed on the Round Valley Reservation in 1864.
The site was probably abandoned sometime before Company E was mustered out at Fort Humboldt on 14 Jun 1865.
Current Status
Unknown
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Location: Along the Eel River three miles east of the former town of Dyerville
{now destroyed), Humboldt County, California. In the Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
Maps & Images
Lat: 40.33958 Long: -123.89726
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Sources:
- 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 69.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 220461
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