ToDo - Bill Thayer

Systematic check of Cullum
A systematic check of Cullum, starting with Cullum 1. Last one checked: Cullum 139, 3 Jan  17.

Groups of forts

 * (These three are done) 17c and early 18c French forts in the valley of the Upper Mississippi: Fort PERROT (1683), Fort L'HUILLIER (1700), Fort BEAUHARNAIS (1727; also spelled BEAUHARNOIS). See "Early French Forts and Footprints of the Valley of the Upper Mississippi", United States Service Magazine, I:356‑362 (1864). An unnamed fort is also mentioned in that article as having been established in 1695 (p359).


 * Samuel Cole Williams's History of the Lost State of Franklin, the following are all part of an inland chain of forts down along the mountains:
 * "Besides this fort for the protection of this immediate section, three other forts were built among the Allegheny Mountains — LONG ISLAND Fort, on the north bank of the Holston River, by Col. Bird of Virginia; Fort DOBBS, under the shadow of the Alleghenys, by North Carolina; and Fort CHISSEL, on New River in Virginia, by Virginians." ▸▸ CHISSEL is a misspelling, or an alternate spelling, of CHISWELL, under which name (Fort Chiswell) a community exists tracing its origin to a 1758 fort.

Other Forts (and Arsenals)

 * An unnamed "Mormon arsenal" is mentioned as having existed at Nauvoo, IL ("Icaria and the Icarians", The Palimpsest 2:99).

Groups of Camps

 * Temporary CONFEDERATE camps in New Orleans, 1861: "Towards the close of April a camp was established at Metairie Ridge. It was first known as Camp Metairie, but subsequently this name was changed to Camp Walker. It accommodated about 4,000 men. Later, it proved unhealthful, and was ultimately abandoned. Another camp was opened in what is now called Audubon Park. This was named Camp Lewis, in honor of the gallant old soldier, John L. Lewis." (Kendall's History of New Orleans, Vol. I, p240)


 * SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR camps, per Ganoe, pp375‑376, note: "During the war, camps were established for military purposes at Tampa, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.; Camp George H. Thomas, Ga.; Camp Alger, Va.; Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Miami, Fla.; Fernandina, Fla.; Camp Wikoff, N. Y.; Camp Hamilton, near Lexington, Ky.; Camp George G. Meade, Pa.; Camp Wheeler, Huntsville, Ala.; and Camp Shipp, Anniston, Ala." I boldfaced Camp Thomas because it's by far and away the one most often mentioned, the main staging ground for the Spanish-American War.
 * Add to this list apparently also Camp William H. Taft (in Georgia), once onsite in in 1908 where it is characterized as a "maneuver camp".

Camps

 * Camp CALOOSAHATCHEE (FL): may well be Fort Thompson (3) — but maybe not: it is called Camp C. by Colonel R. H. Wilson (in a history of the Eighth Infantry) speaking of events of 1841: he says it was destroyed by a "tornado" in September of that year.


 * Camp CONNOR (ID): The one I was looking for, I found, hiding under "Fort Reno (2)". But in the process I found one on Wickedpedia (possibly misspelled for Conner? see the WP entry) was in Idaho, 1863; they cite Frazer.


 * Camp COOK (MN) In : "Camp Cook (Min.)" called a regimental headquarters, year 1867. Yet maybe Montana?? is meant, since the guy is next stationed to a fort in Montana. See next:


 * Camp COOK (MT) In, year 1866, I find a "Camp Cook (Mon.)" Ditto in in connection with the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. If those are typos, they're Cullum's in the printed text.


 * Camp on GLENDIVE CREEK (MT). Mentioned by that name in ; but probably also as "the stockade at Glendive" in connection with Charles Braden and the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, in the AOG obituary of Jenifer H. Smallwood.


 * Camp HOWARD (IT). Twice so far, •  (where it's said to be in Idaho). See also possibly Fort Howard (NM), above under Forts.


 * Camp on LARAMIE RIVER (WY). Once so far onsite: . Year 1873; the officer, a Captain, is mentioned as "in command" of it.


 * Cantonment MILLER (MN) Cullum has at least 3 references to it. In MN so it's not Jeff Barracks. All three dates are 1855‑56.


 * A "Camp of Concentration and Instruction" at Mt. Gretna, PA. Three times so far onsite, in connection with training maneuvers in 1901 and in 1906: •  •


 * Camp TULARE (CA) A very temporary camp, but The California State Military Museum has a page about it; the Lt. Vose mentioned there must therefore have been its only commander. Also stationed there,  ▸ Oh, and I checked: if the name of this place reminds you of tularemia, well it should: the disease is named for the county.

Barracks

 * BENTON Barracks (MO). During the War between the States, a Union camp in St. Louis, not the same as Jefferson Barracks. See Wikipedia article. Appears 6 times in Cullum: •  •  •  •  •.


 * GREENVILLE Barracks (LA). Appears twice so far in Cullum •, both dates 1869. Aka Sedgwick Barracks (1)?? — but not in Cullum.


 * JACKSON Barracks (TN). at least once so far in Cullum,, date is 1885‑86. Some evidence online that there is or was such a place: sports team by that name plays in Tennessee….


 * SANTIAGO Barracks (CA). Once so far, : 1894‑95.


 * SEDGWICK Barracks (DC). Once so far, : 1869[‑70].

Batteries

 * Anastasia Island, FL. was in command of it in early 1898 (i.e., before the Spanish-American War).

Army Airfields
One or two might be overseas, and a few might be naval fields.

Completed

 * Fort CLARK (7):
 * in NC, Confederate, with a bunch of others, Hamilton, History of North Carolina):
 * ". . . defences were begun at Ocracoke Inlet, at Hatteras Inlet and on Roanoke Island. On Beacon Island at Ocracoke, Fort Morgan was erected and at Hatteras Forts Ellis and Clark. On Roanoke Island were Forts Huger, Blanchard, and Bartow, all on the western side of the island on Croatan Sound, and a battery at Ballast Point on the eastern side commanding the entrance to Manteo or Shallow Bay. Across Croatan Sound, on the mainland was Fort Forrest. At Cobb's Point on the Pasquotank River was another battery. None of these were real forts, the strongest, Fort Ellis, having only twelve smooth-bore 32‑pounders."
 * The battery at Cobb's Point is called a "fort" by Merrill, The Rebel Shore, pp96 ff. in which the action is described that led to its being blown up.


 * Around Pensacola: Batteries LINCOLN, CAMERON, and TOTTEN; Battery SCOTT within firing range of Fort McRee. In the Bearss article, "Civil War Operations in and around Pensacola". <<== Don't normally document civil war batteries (there were a gazillion of them) but I may do these after I visit there this month

Unresolved for now

 * Yet another Fort ADAMS, this one apparently in IL, mentioned by Sidney Breese in Ch. 23 of his Early History of Illinois. <<== Can't find any reference to this one. ▸ Sidney Breese was a contemporary and a long-time resident and political figure in Illinois, so he may very well be right, so I'm leaving this one for now as unresolved.


 * Fort COBB: Cullum has one instance each of a Fort Cobb in Texas and in Colorado.
 * Fort Cobb <== Oklahoma (none in Texas or Colorado perhaps one in North Carolina)


 * JACKSON Barracks (TN). Appears once in Cullum 2605, date 1885‑86. <== Not found in TN.
 * I ran a thorough check of all the West Point material I have on hard disk, and found 135 mentions of Jackson Barracks; 134 in LA, and just this one in "TN". Must be a mistake in Cullum — but the error is such a strange one (how would anyone come to write "Ten." for "La."?) that it may be a different mistake. One idea I had ▸ Johnson Barracks? since Andrew Johnson was a Tennessean and military governor of Tennessee for a while. So I'm leaving this up, although in the "Completed" section.


 * I also find a Camp JACKSON in Gayarré's History of Louisiana, [(V.11)], in that State during the War of 1812, in connection with Gen. Jackson himself. <== likely a temporary camp I couldn't find a reference


 * I find a lone Fort LARNED, Neb. (rather than Kan.) in . Mistake in Cullum? Date: 1860‑61. <<== don't find one in Nebraska


 * Fort MASSACHUSETTS (NM). Yup, there's one in New Mexico too. I've already prepared the slot as "Fort Massachusetts (5)" on the disambiguation page. <== Not found in NM


 * The remaining SUMNER items are now therefore:
 * A Camp Sumner, Kan. (that is not Fort Atkinson (2): in Cullum 687, 1247 and incidentally described as "Ft. Leavenworth (Camp Sumner), Kan., 1849". I'm assuming it's Fort Leavenworth, although FortWiki doesn't list "Camp Sumner" among Leavenworth's alternative names.
 * Camp Sumner (1) - A U.S. Army Camp at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas <== Not able to find this one yet