Historical Marker
Camp Moore
Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa County · Louisiana
Erected 1959
Camp Moore became a refuge in 1862. When New Orleans fell in April 1862, Governor Thomas Overton Moore made the camp his headquarters in the second week of May. In late July General John C. Breckinridge gathered about 5,000 troops here and marched them to Baton Rouge, where the attempt to drive out Union forces failed on August 5. For the rest of the war the camp supported small cavalry units and trained some conscripts. It served the state government as a refuge and a staging ground after it lost its capital.
Where it stands
30.88438, -90.51185 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Camp Moore #1 — steps away
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