Camp Smartt

Camp Smartt is a Tennessee historical marker in Warren County.

Warren Co, TN 108, 2 miles south of McMinnville

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This staging and training area was established in the summer of 1861 by Benjamin J. Hill, who organized and commanded here the 35th TN Infantry, CSA, until his promotion to Brigadier General. Discounted for a time, the camp was reactivated in 1862 by Col. Marcus J. Wright, who was promoted to Brig. Gen. while here. The camp was then used mainly as a center for Confederate conscripts, but the 9th Texas and 20th Alabama Infantry Regiments were here briefly.

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1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Middle Tennessee Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Camp Smartt

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