Throughout
the Civil War, the Union Army maintained several muster and training camps in the
Cleveland area. The largest and most permanent of these was Camp
Cleveland, located in what is now the East Tremont section of
Cleveland.
From its opening in July, 1862 until
its closing in October, 1865, approximately 15,230 men trained at Camp
Cleveland. Following the end of the war, the buildings were
quickly sold and by the end of 1865, Camp Cleveland was gone.
In addition to Camp Cleveland, there
were five other Union camps in the Cleveland area during the war. For the most part,
these other camps were short-lived "tent camps" where just a
single unit trained.
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Barracks
buildings at Camp Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
Each building was designed to hold 32
men. |
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Soldiers
march (foreground) and play baseball (background) on
the Camp Cleveland parade grounds in front of the camp
hospital. |
Union
Army Units Organized or Reorganized
At Camp Cleveland July 1862 - October, 1865
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1862 |
August |
103rd
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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105th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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September |
107th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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19th
Battery |
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October |
10th
Cavalry |
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20th
Battery |
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125th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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December |
6th Co.
SS |
1863 |
January |
124th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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7th Co.
SS |
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February |
5th Co.
SS |
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July |
86th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry (reorganized) |
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August |
129th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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November |
12th
Cavalry |
1864 |
April |
60th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry (reorganized) |
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May |
150th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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164th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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169th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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October |
177th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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2nd Light
Battery |
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Related Links on Camp Cleveland
Cleveland
Fights the Civil WarCleveland
In the Civil War - on Wikipedia
Selected
Articles-Cleveland, Ohio Newspapers 1861-65 - from Civil War
Reenactors
Other
Union Camps In Cleveland
(mostly
"tent camps" with few buildings) |
Camp
Taylor |
Opened: |
April
22, 1861 |
Location: |
E.
30th & Woodlawn |
Unit: |
7th,
8th, 14th & 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
(total of 4,000 men) |
Closed: |
October,
1861 |
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Camp
Brown |
Opened: |
August,
1861 |
Location: |
Euclid
& E. 40th |
Unit: |
37th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
Closed: |
September,
1861 |
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Camp
Wade |
Opened: |
August,
1861 |
Location: |
W
5th & Jefferson Ave.,
Literary Rd & W. 7th |
Unit: |
2nd
Ohio Volunteer Calvary (mustered Oct 10th,
moved to Camp Taylor Oct 21st) |
Closed: |
October
21, 1861 |
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Camp
Wood |
Opened: |
August
17, 1861 |
Location: |
E.
37th & Woodlawn |
Unit: |
41st
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
Closed: |
November
6, 1861 |
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Camp
Tod |
Opened: |
Undetermined |
Location: |
Along
Woodlawn |
Unit: |
45th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
Closed: |
December,
1861 |
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