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Place Description
Camp Davis

World War II antiaircraft training base at Holly Ridge, S Onslow County. Opened April 1941 and attained a maximum of 60,000 men and women; closed October 1944. Reopened briefly in the summer of 1945 as an air force convalescent hospital and redistribution station. Named for Maj. Gen. Richmond Pearson Davis (1866-1937), a native of North Carolina.

Camp Fisher

Civil War training camp near High Point, SW Guilford County.

Camp Gap

NW Macon County at the head of Camp Branch.

Camp Glenn

National Guard camp, 1907-13, in Morehead City on site of Carolina City, which see. Also site of first U.S. Coast Guard air station, 1920-21.

Camp Greene

World War I training camp, 6,000 acres in area. Est. July 1917 and located in SW Charlotte; named for Gen. Nathanael Greene.

Camp Grier Lake

W McDowell County on a tributary of Mill Creek; 1/5 mi. long, about 1 mi. NW of Old Fort. A summer camp is operated there by the Presbyterian Church. Formerly known as Lake Refuge.

Camp Hebron

S Watauga County on Boone Fork, operated for girls.

Camp Hill

a Civil War training camp described as being near Garysburg in Northampton County. It was also referred to as a "camp of instruction."

Camp Jeter

former Confederate camp in Asheville (Cherry Street-Flint Street section), central Buncombe County.

Camp Johnston

a Civil War training camp in the vicinity of Kinston, named for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.