Camp Chase (Massachusetts)
Camp Chase, also known as Camp Wilson, was a training camp for Massachusetts militia during the American Civil War located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Several thousand recruits were trained at Camp Chase before being sent south to the battle front.[1]
In 1860, the Middlesex North Agricultural Society purchased land south of the center of Lowell from the Boston & Lowell Railroad Company for a fairground.
At least eleven units were trained at Camp Chase during its two years of operation from 1861 to 1863. These included the
After the war, the military camp was discontinued and the site returned to use as an agricultural fair ground. The fair ground ceased operation in 1906.[2]
See also
References
Citations
- ^ a b Coburn 1920, p. 232.
- ^ a b c d Kengott 1912, p. 190.
- The Lowell Sun. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- ^ Bowen 1889, p. 393, 466, 802, 822.
Bibliography
- Bowen, James L. (1889). Massachusetts in the War, 1861–1865. Springfield, Massachusetts: Clark W. Bryan & Co. OCLC 1986476 – via Wayback Machine.
- Coburn, Frederick William (1920). History of Lowell and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. OCLC 9511481 – via Wayback Machine.
- Kengott, George Frederick (1912). The Record of a City: A Social Survey of Lowell, Massachusetts. New York: Macmillan Co. OCLC 2048985.
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