If any one out there has any information on Camp Cameron / Camp Day I would love to see it.
The camp was open from June, 1861 until Jan. 1863.
The organizations that I know went through the camp are the 1st Mass. Infantry (June 13-June 15, 1861), 11th Infantry (June 15-June 24, 1861), 16th Infantry (June 25-Aug. 17, 1861), 9th Regimental Band (July 3-July 18+, 1861), 1st Light Battery (Aug. 27-Oct. 3, 1861), 26th Infantry (Aug. 28-Sep. 23, 1861), 19th Regimental Band (Sep. 17?-Sep. 23, 1861), 28th Infantry (Aug. 28, 1861-Jan. 11, 1862), 32nd Infantry CO. E (Dec. 13-Dec. 29, 1861), 29th Infantry CO. H (Jan. ?-Jan. 13, 1862), 1st Heavy Infantry CO. L (Feb. 19-MAR. 22), Disabled Soldiers, May16-?, 1862), 38th Infantry CO's A, B, & F (Aug. 4-Aug. 26, 1862). There may be more. Also during the final months of the camp began recruiting and training men for regiments already in the field. So, during this period men from most existing regiments of Infantry, Artillery and sharpshooting would have gone through Camp Cameron. If you have any diaries, letters,artifacts or images dealing with the camp it would be of great interest to me. I have delivered one lecture on the history of the camp and I have been blogging. I will continue to do this. If I use your material I will give you credit. If you have material that you do not wish published I understand that. I would still love to see it though. Any new information could help me understand other information.
My interest also extends to the short lived Camp Ellsworth on Fresh Pond in Cambridge. The companies that made up the above regiments were recruited in local towns and then sent to the camp. If you have information on a group or individual recruit before they went to Cameron that would also be of great interest.
Thank you,
DAN SULLIVAN
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