Camp Hamilton

Camp Hamilton is a Virginia historical marker in Hampton County, dedicated 1928.

Corner of College Place and E. Queen St.

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In this vicinity was situated Camp Hamilton, a large camp of Union troops first occupied in May, 1861. A great military hospital, Hampton Hospital, was here.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1861 · Official map of the state of Virginia (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1862 · Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1907 · Hampton, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Hampton, Virginia, 1907, covering the location of Camp Hamilton, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Hampton, Virginia, 1907, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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