Historical Marker
Camp Moore #5
Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa County · Louisiana
The camp ended in fire. Union cavalry attacked in October 1864, and on November 30 about 5,000 horsemen under Brigadier General John W. Davidson destroyed every building and the stores and captured the garrison flag, according to one history. Another account counts two Union raids in 1864 that destroyed the camp. By then it had spent the war's later years supporting small cavalry units and training some conscripts. None of its few permanent buildings survive, and the site is now a park, museum and cemetery.
Where it stands
30.88558, -90.51020 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Camp Moore — steps away
- Camp Moore #3 — steps away
- Camp Moore #6 — steps away
- Camp Moore Confederate Soldiers Memorial — steps away