Three training camps are associated with the Upper Cumberland Region during the Civil War.

Camp McGinnis

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Camp Myers

Camp Myers was named in honor of Calvin Myers who was a veteran of the Mexican War and was commissioned to the rank of captain in the Civil War. It was a camp of instruction, where the 25th and 28th along with other units trained for battle. This site would be the first stop after leaving the recruiting or gathering site of Camp Zollicoffer. Here solders would drill and train in the manual of arms, regimental drill and in parade.

Camp Zollicoffer

Camp Zollicoffer was named in honor of the legislator, publisher, and Whig, Felix K. Zollicoffer. The Confederate government wanted the war to be more of a unified movement so they had to find a Whig that would make it seem like the Confederates were not just run by a single political platform the Democrats. Zollicoffer was chosen for no other reason than his political affiliations. He was given the rank of General even though he had no military experience. This lack of experience would eventually lead to his demise at the battle of Mill Springs.

Below is a note signed by Felix Zollicoffer in 1844 when he was in the Comptroller’s Office in Nashville. (photo was not available on-line)

Source: http://www.theborderlands.org/CampMyers.htm and http://www.theborderlands.org/CampZolli.htm (via the Internet Archive)