Camp Mather-Camp Logan

Coordinates: 37°42′24″N 88°10′42″W / 37.70667°N 88.17833°W / 37.70667; -88.17833
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Camp Mather-Camp Logan
MPS
Caught in the Middle: The Civil War on the Lower Ohio River MPS
NRHP reference No.98000983[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 6, 1998

Camp Mather-Camp Logan is a

87th Illinois Infantry occupied the camp, the camp was known as Camp Logan. The soldiers of the 87th Infantry went without pay for several months while awaiting assignment and transport at the camp, and two companies nearly mutinied due to the situation. The 87th Infantry left the camp for Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1863, marking the end of Union occupation of the site.[2]

The campsite was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jacobsen, James E. (June 14, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Camp Mather, Camp Logan" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.