Camp Curtin
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This article is about the American Civil War military camp. For the neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, see Camp Curtin (Harrisburg).
Camp Curtin was a major Union Army training camp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War.[2][3] It was located north of Pennsylvania's state capitol building on 80 acres of what had previously been land used by the Dauphin County Agricultural Fairgrounds.[4]
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Camp Curtin | |
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Part of United States Army (Union) | |
Agricultural school grounds, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
Type | military muster-in and training center |
Site history | |
Built | April 18, 1861 |
In use | April 18, 1861 - November 11, 1865[1] |
Demolished | 1865-1867 |
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