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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1862-1862)''' - Established in Feb 1862 as a Union recruiting depot during the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Appears to have been named for the landowner, [[William Barlow]]. Four companies were recruited and stationed at the camp until they were moved to [[Camp Clackamas]] in Jun 1862. | '''{{PAGENAME}} (1862-1862)''' - Established in Feb 1862 as a Union recruiting depot during the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Appears to have been named for the landowner, [[William Barlow]]. Four companies were recruited and stationed at the camp until they were moved to [[Camp Clackamas]] in Jun 1862. | ||
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|width="50%"|[[Image:Camp Barlow - 1.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Molalla River in the vicinity of the Camp Barlow location]] | |width="50%"|[[Image:Camp Barlow - 1.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Molalla River in the vicinity of the Camp Barlow location]] | ||
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/or.html#barlow North American Forts - Camp Barlow] | |||
{{Visited|10 Nov 2007}} | {{Visited|10 Nov 2007}} | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 8 June 2011
Camp Barlow (1862-1862) - Established in Feb 1862 as a Union recruiting depot during the U.S. Civil War. Appears to have been named for the landowner, William Barlow. Four companies were recruited and stationed at the camp until they were moved to Camp Clackamas in Jun 1862.
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Location: Adjacent to the Molalla River, just north of Barlow, Clackamas County, Oregon. Maps & Images Lat: 45.25400 Long: -122.70950 |
Sources:
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 132
- McArthur, Lewis A. & McArthur, Lewis L., Oregon Geographic Names, Oregon Historical Society Press; 7 edition (December 2003), 1073 pages, ISBN 0875952771, ISBN 978-0875952772, page 141
- Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 663
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Visited: 10 Nov 2007
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