Camp Greene
Camp Greenewas aUnited States Armyfacility inCharlotte, North Carolina,United States, during the early 20th century. In 1917, both the3rd Infantry Divisionand the4th Infantry Divisionwere first organized and assembled at this camp.
History
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Named Camp Greene, after the Revolutionary War hero,Nathanael Greene.the camp was established atCharlotte, North Carolinain 1917. At that time, the population of Charlotte was approaching its 1920 total of 46,000,[1]and so was roughly equivalent to the 40,000 soldiers who trained at Camp Greene.
See also
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[edit]- ^"Charlotte Mecklenburg Story: Population Statistics,"http://www.cmstory.org/content/population-statisticsArchived2015-09-25 at theWayback Machine
- The Echo of the Bugle Call, Charlotte's Role in World War I by Miriam Grace Mitchell and Edward Spaulding Perzel
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20150925111655/http://www.cmstory.org/doughboys/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040202193904/http://campgreene.org/Domain Now owned by neighborhood organization with small bit of history
- http://ncpedia.org/wwi-boot-camp-charlotteMore detailed history
- Jack Dillard collection of Camp Greene photographs 1917,J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
35°13′30.9″N80°52′56.2″W/ 35.225250°N 80.882278°W
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