Camp Wayne

Location:Tenth Street Park, Richmond (Wayne County, Indiana)

Erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963

ID#: 89.1963.2

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Civil War training camp for the then 5th Congressional District was located on the old fairgrounds. The 16th, 36th, 57th, 69th, 74th, 84th, and 124th regiments of Indiana Volunteers were organized and trained here.

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Military