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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1861-1866) - A U.S. Army [[U.S. Civil War]] Camp first established in 1861 by elements of the [[2nd U.S. Infantry]] on Warner's Ranch, San Diego County, California. The post was moved to Oak Grove in San Diego County by Major [[Edwin A. Rigg]]<!-- not USMA -->, [[1st California Volunteer Infantry]] later in 1861. Named Camp Wright after Brigadier General [[George Wright]] {{Cullum|309}}, commander of the Department of the Pacific. Abandoned in 1866. Also known as [[Warner's Ranch Camp]].
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| == History ==
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| First established 18 Oct 1861 by elements of the [[2nd U.S. Infantry]] on Warner's Ranch in San Diego County and moved to Oak Grove on 25 Nov 1861. The new camp was established by Major [[Edwin A. Rigg]], [[1st California Volunteer Infantry]], to keep an eye on Confederate sympathizers in southern California. Post returns exist through April 1862 and some sources indicate that the post was a transient camp from that point through the remainder of the war.
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| Abandoned after the end of the war in December 1866.
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| == Current Status ==
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| [[File:CampWrightText.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Camp Wright Marker Text.]]
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| Marker only near Oak Grove, San Diego County, California. Located adjacent to the Oak Grove Stage Station that was established in 1858. The Oak Grove location has water, trees and grass for the animals.
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| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="33.388865" lon="-116.793678" zoom="19" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png">
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| (C) 33.38887, -116.79368, Camp Wright (3)
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| (1861-1866)
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| '''Location:''' CA 79 near Oak Grove, San Diego County, California. Map point is marker location.
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|33.38887|-116.79368}}
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| * Elevation: 2733'
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| '''Sources:'''
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| * {{Roberts}}, page 99.
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| * {{Hart}}, page 37.
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| * {{GNIS|ID=270233}}
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| * {{PostReturns|Oct 1861 - Apr 1862}}
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/ca-south1.html#wright North American Forts - Camp Wright]
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| * [http://www.militarymuseum.org/CpWright.html California Military Museum - Camp Wright]
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| * [http://www.donaldlaird.com/landmarks/counties/400-499/482.html California Historical Marker - Camp Wright]
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| '''Further reading:'''
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| * Joseph J. Hill, ''The History of Warner's Ranch and its environs'' (1927; 221pp, privately printed)
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| {{Visited|21 Nov 2015}}
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