Spanish American War Camps

Compiled by Fred Greguras
1274 Estate Drive
Los Altos, CA 94024
650.248.4558
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This work is dedicated first to Huntington’s battalion of Marines that landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on June 10, 1898 and secured the beachhead. Among its casualties was the battalion’s volunteer Assistant Naval Surgeon, John Blair Gibbs, who was killed in action early on June 11, 1898. Dr. Gibbs was the ultimate volunteer; he left his private medical practice in New York City to serve with the Marines.

This is also dedicated to Reubena Walworth, a volunteer nurse at Camp Wikoff, who died of typhoid fever on October 18, 1898. She was as much a casualty of the war as those who fell in the Santiago campaign.

I.	INTRODUCTION	1
	Events of 1898	2
	Camp Types	3
	1898-99 Winter Camps	4
	State Military Camp Grounds	5
	Existing Camp Buildings	5
	Cities with Most Camps	5
	Sources of Camp Names	5
	Site Visits	5
II.	THE CAMPS	6
	Camp Alva Adams, Denver, CO	6
	Camp Alger, Chickamauga Park, GA	6
	Camp Alger, Dunn Loring, VA	6
	Camp Amelia, Fernandina, FL	7
	Camp Atkinson, Atlanta, GA	7
	Camp Atkinson, Charleston, WV	7
	Camp Bacon, Walker, MN	8
	Camp Tom Ball, Houston, TX	8
	Camp Barrett, Fruitvale, CA	8
	Camp Battery Point, Delaware City, DE	9
	Camp Bell, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO	9
	Camp Black, Hempstead, Long Island, NY	9
	Camp Boynton, Chickamauga Park, GA	10
	Camp Bradley, Lexington, KY	10
	Camp Briggs, Fargo, ND	11
	Camp Brooke, Newport News, VA	12
	Camp Burdett, near Fort Preble, ME	12
	Camp Bushnell, Columbus, OH	13
	Camp W.L. Cabell, Dallas, TX	13
	Camp Caffery, Covington, LA	13
	Camp Allyn Capron, Fort Thomas, KY	14
	Camp Allyn Capron, Puerto Principe, Cuba	14
	Camp Carpenter, Puerto Principe, Cuba	14
	Camp Churchman, Albany, GA	14
	Camp Clark, Carson City, NV	15
	Camp Clark, Mobile, AL	15
	Camp Henry Clay, Lexington, KY	16
	Camp Cleary, Near Newnan, GA	16
	Camp Cobb, Fredericksburg, VA	16
	Camp Collier, Lexington, KY	16
	Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba	16
	Camp Compton, Kansas City, MO	17
	Camp Conewago, Conewago, PA	17
	Camp Conrad, Columbus, GA	17
	Camp Coppinger, Mobile, AL	17
	Camp H. C. Corbin, Lexington, KY	18
	Camp H. C. Corbin, New Orleans, LA	18
	Camp H. C. Corbin, Richmond, VA	18
	Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, FL	19
	Camp Dalton, South Framingham, MA	20
	Camp Desoto, Tampa, FL	20
	Camp Dewey, Columbia, SC	20
	Camp Dewey, South Framingham, MA	21
	Camp Dewey, Philippine Islands	21
	Camp George Dewey, Sioux Falls, SD	21
	Camp Dodge, Little Rock, AR	21
	Camp Douglas, Camp Douglas, WI	21
	Camp Dyer, Augusta, GA	22
	Camp Dyer, Quonset Point, RI	22
	Camp Eaton, Island Lake, MI	22
	Camp Ellerbe, Columbia, SC	22
	Camp Falkner, Birmingham, AL	23
	Camp Fernandina, Amelia Island, FL	23
	Camp Florida, Tampa, FL	23
	Fontana Barracks, San Francisco, CA	23
	Camp Fornance, Columbia, SC	24
	Camp Fornance, Macon, GA	24
	Camp Albert G. Forse, Huntsville, AL	25
	Camp at Fort Macon, NC	26
	Camp Foster, New Orleans, LA	26
	Camp Frank, Ardmore, Indian Territory (OK)	26
	Camp Fuller, Columbia, SC	26
	Camp Geiger, Columbia, SC	27
	J.B. Gibbs General Hospital, Camp Hamilton, Lexington, KY	27
	Camp Gilman, Americus, GA	27
	Camp Godwin, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO	28
	Camp Gordon, St. Simons Island, GA	28
	Camp Graham, Tybee Island, GA 28	28
	Graham Barracks, Kansas City, MO	28
	Camp Grant, Newport News, VA	28
	Camp Bryan Grimes, Raleigh, NC	29
	Camp Gulstan, Honolulu, HI	29
	Camp Haines (Hains), Newport News, VA	29
	Camp Hale, San Francisco, CA	29
	Camp Hamilton, Lexington, KY	29
	Camp Hamilton, Columbia, TN	30
	Camp Hardin, Sand Lake, NY	30
	Camp Harries, near Falls Church, VA	30
	Camp Harvey, Milwaukee, WI	31
	Camp Haskell, Athens, GA	31
	Camp Haskell, Macon, GA	31
	Camp Hastings, Mt. Gretna, PA	32
	Camp Haven, Niantic, CT	32
	Camp Hawkins, Washington, PA	33
	Camp Hawley, Galveston, TX	33
	Camp Haywood (Heywood), Kittery, ME	34
	Camp Pat Henry, Jackson, MS	34
	Camp Hilary A. Herbert, Montgomery, AL	34
	Camp Hobson, Lexington, KY	35
	Camp Hobson, Lithia Springs, GA	35
	Camp Houston, New Orleans, LA	35
	Camp Jackson, Jacksonville, FL	35
	Camp Jackson, Near Kansas City, MO	35
	Camp Jewett, Nyack-on-Hudson, NY	36
	Camp Johnston, Mobile, AL	36
	Camp Kaalawai, Honolulu, HI	36
	Camp Kent, Fort Douglas, UT	36
	Camp at Fort Knox, Prospect, ME	37
	Camp at Lakeland, FL	37
	Camp Langfitt, Honolulu, HI	37
	Camp Lawton, Guantanamo, Cuba	37
	Camp Fitzhugh Lee, Columbia, SC	38
	Camp Lee, Richmond, VA	38
	Camp Lee, Charleston, WV	38
	Camp Leedy, Topeka, KS	38
	Leiter General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, GA	39
	Camp Lincoln, Springfield, IL	39
	Camp Lindsay (Lindsey), Fort Leavenworth, KS	40
	Camp Long, Kittery, ME	40
	Camp Mabry, Austin, TX	40
	Camp MacKenzie, Augusta, GA	40
	Camp Marion, Summerville, SC	41
	Camp Massachusetts, Lakeland, FL	41
	Camp McCalla, Cuba	41
	Camp McKinley, Des Moines, IA	41
	Camp McKinley, Honolulu, HI	41
	Camp McKinley, Portland, OR	45
	Camp McKisson, Cleveland, OH	45
	Camp McLaurin, Lauderdale Springs, MS	45
	Camp at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA	46
	Camp George G. Meade, Middletown, PA	46
	Camp Meiklejohn, Omaha, NE	47
	Camp Merriam, Presidio, San Francisco, CA	47
	Camp Merritt, San Francisco, CA	48
	Camp Miami, FL	50
	Camp Miles, Albuquerque, NM	51
	Camp Miles, Lexington, KY	51
	Camp Miller, Presidio, San Francisco, CA	52
	Camp Mill Farm, Lexington, KY	53
	Camp Mitchell, Tampa, FL	53
	Camp Morton, Lakeland, FL	53
	Camp Mosby, San Antonio, TX	54
	Camp Mount, Indianapolis, IN	54
	Camp Mueller, New Ulm, MN	55
	Camp Murray, Tacoma, WA	55
	Camp Northen, Griffin, GA	55
	Camp Olympia, Burlington, VT	55
	Camp Onward, Savannah, GA	56
	Camp Otero, Santa Fe, NM	56
	Camp Otis, Honolulu, HI	57
	Camp at Palmetto Beach, FL	58
	Camp Panama Park, Jacksonville, FL	58
	Camp Pfeiffer, New Oxford, PA	58
	Camp Joseph W. Plume, Buffalo, NY	58
	Camp John S. Poland, Knoxville, TN	59
	Camp at Pompton Lakes, NJ	60
	Camp Powers, Augusta, ME	60
	Camp Pratt, Los Angeles, CA	60
	Camp Price, Macon, GA	60
	Camp Prior, near Macon, GA	61
	Camp Prospect, Columbia, SC	61
	Camp Rae (Ray), Macon, GA	61
	Camp Ramsdell, Concord, NH	61
	Camp Ramsey, near St. Paul, MN	61
	Camp Reynolds, Jacksonville, FL	62
	Camp Richards, Cheyenne, WY	62
	Camp Riche, Galveston, TX	62
	Camp Riche, New Orleans, LA	63
	Camp Roe, Macon, GA	63
	Camp Rogers, Tampa, FL	63
	Camp Rogers, Tacoma, WA	64
	Camp Dan Russell, Raleigh, NC	64
	Camp Sadler, Carson City, NV	65
	Camp Sague, Hawaii, HI	65
	Camp Sampson, Key West, FL	65
	Camp Sanger, Near Kansas City, MO	65
	Camp Sanger, Lexington, KY	65
	Sanger General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, GA	66
	Camp Santa Mesa, Philippine Islands	66
	Camp Alvin Saunders, Lincoln, NE	66
	Camp Shipp, Anniston, AL	66
	Josiah Simpson General Hospital, Fort Monroe, VA	67
	Camp Slayton, Bath Beach, NY	68
	Camp Robert B. Smith, Helena, MT	68
	Camp Snelling, Minneapolis, MN	68
	Camp Snyder, Gettysburg, PA	68
	Camp at the Soldiers Home, Washington, D.C.	69
	Camp Springfield, Jacksonville, FL	69
	Camp Steadman, Chicago, IL	69
	Camp Stephens, Chickamauga Park, GA	69
	Camp Stephens, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO	69
	Sternberg General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, GA	70
	Camp Stevenson, Boise City, ID	71
	Camp Tampa, FL	71
	Camp Tanner, Springfield, IL	73
	Camp Bob Taylor, Knoxville, TN	73
	Camp Bob Taylor, Nashville, TN	74
	Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, GA	75
	Camp John W. Thomas, Nashville, TN	75
	Camp Townsend, Peekskill, NY	75
	Camp Tunnell, Middletown, DE	75
	Camp Van Duzee, St. Paul, MN	76
	Camp Voorhees, Sea Girt, NJ	76
	Camp Walthall, Columbus, MS	76
	Camp Walworth, New York, NY	76
	Camp Warburton, Newport News, VA	77
	Camp Wells, Jacksonville, FL	77
	Camp Wetherill, Fort Thomas, KY	78
	Camp Wetherill, Greenville, SC	79
	Camp Wheeler, Huntsville, AL	79
	Whipple Barracks, Prescott, AZ	79
	Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Long Island, NY	79
	Camp Wilder, Knoxville, TN	80
	Camp Wilmer, Pimlico, MD	81
	Camp Wilson, Lexington, KY	81
	Camp Wolcott, Gloucester, MA	81
	Camp Wood, San Antonio, TX	81
	Camp Wrenn, Tampa, FL	82
	Camp S.B.M. Young, Augusta, GA	82
III.	Primary Sources	82
IV.	CHARTS	83
	State Volunteer Regiments Camp Site	84
	U.S. Volunteer Regiments Camp Sites	92