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Place Description
Camp Polk

World War I tank camp of 1,600 acres located in Raleigh and named for William Polk, Revolutionary War colonel. Camp had two sections: administrative, housing, and assembly grounds on Hillsborough Street and tank training grounds on Blue Ridge Road.

Camp Ridge

mountain in W Avery County.

Camp Springs

community in SW Caswell County. Believed to have been named because Cornwallis's troops camped there during the American Revolution.

Camp Swamp

rises in S Columbus County and flows SE into Horry County, S.C., where it enters Buck Creek.

Camp Tuscarora

Boy Scout camp and lake in S Wayne County S of Sleepy Creek.

Camp Two Branch

rises in S Haywood County and flows NW into Middle Prong.

Camp Vance

central Burke County, site of camp for state troops, 1861-64; named for Col. Zebulon B. Vance, Civil War governor. Raided by Federal troops in 1864.

Camp Whiting

a Civil War training camp at Wilmington, W New Hanover County.

Camp Wilson

See Vaughan's Springs.

Camp Wyatt

a Civil War training camp in S New Hanover County about 2 mi. N of Fort Fisher. Named for Henry Lawson Wyatt, first North Carolina soldier killed in action in the Civil War, at Bethel Church, June 10, 1861.