- Joined
- Dec 3, 2011
- Location
- Laurinburg NC
Camp Moore was the largest Confederate training camp in Louisiana and the only one in the United States still open to the public.
Opened in May 1861 as a site to organize, train and disperse soldiers from Louisiana to all parts of the Confederacy, it saw as many as 35,000 men cross this ground and then on to places such as Shiloh, Sharpsburg, Manassas, Malvern Hill , Franklin, Atlanta, Mobile, Chattanooga, Cedar Creek, Chantilly,,Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania, Murfreesboro, Mansfield, Williamsburg, Gettysburg, Port Republic and Petersburg to name a few.
These sons of Louisiana fought in most every major and many battles for four long years in the South's bid to attain independence.
Today Camp Moore only comprises 6.5 acres of the original site of several hundred acres. Within this tract is the two acre cemetery and a museum that was built circa 1964.
The site is on the northernmost portion of the camp. It is bounded on the south by what was the parade ground. Further south of the parade ground is the original camping site.
The rail lines are in their original position as is Beaver Creek and the Tangipahoa Tiver.