Camp Sevier

Camp Sevier is a South Carolina historical marker in Greenville, Greenville County, dedicated 1938.

Greenville County · dedicated 1938 · U.S. Hwy. 29 (Wade Hampton Blvd.), near Artillery Rd., Greenville

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This camp, named in honor of John Sevier, Lieutenant Colonel, N. C. Militia, 1777, Col., 1781, Brig. Gen., U. S. P. A., 1798, was approved as cantonment site May 21, 1917. The 30th Division trained here from August 28, 1917 to May 1, 1918; the 81st, from May 18, 1918 to July 16, 1918; the 20th, from August 12, 1918 to February 28, 1919.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Camp Sevier

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