Historical Marker
Camp Moore #1
Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa County · Louisiana
Camp Moore sat where it did because of the track. The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern was chartered in 1852 and open to the Mississippi line in 1854, and the camp was built beside it so men and supplies could move easily. Recruits stepped off the train at Tangipahoa and walked to the parade ground. More than 20,000 Southern soldiers trained here, among them Louisiana men, and troops from Mississippi and Arkansas drilled here as well. The camp was a logistics decision first, put where a railroad could feed it.
Where it stands
30.88463, -90.51090 · Directions
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