Camp Curtain Monument (Harrisburg, PA)
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Harrisburg
Dauphin
Pennsylvania
United States
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Camp Curtin
Camp Curtin was the first and greatest military camp in the northern states in 1861. It was open territory, its limits being bounded by what is now Watts Lane on the north, Pennsylvania Railroad on the east, Maclay Street on the south and Fifth Street on the west. The land was taken possession of by order of Governor Curtin April 18, 1861.
1861 — 1865 In memory of more than 300,000 soldiers of the Civil War. The flower of the nation's youth and the maturity of her manhood, who passed into and out of this camp to the field of battle. A united country enjoys the fruits of their victory for liberty and union.
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Historical Monument Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=202198
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