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Camp Adams

Coordinates: 42°15′36″N 71°01′08″W / 42.26°N 71.019°W / 42.26; -71.019
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Camp Adams was a former American Civil War training camp that existed in 1861 in Quincy, Massachusetts. It was first occupied on 5 July 1861 by Cobb's Light Artillery.[1] On 8 August the unit relocated to Baltimore, Maryland and established Camp Andrew.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Adams, Sampson & Co. (1862). The Massachusetts Register 1862, serial no. 94. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. p. 410.
  2. ^ "Boston Harbor I - Camp Adams". American Forts Network. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan. p. 393. ISBN 0-02-926880-X.

42°15′36″N 71°01′08″W / 42.26°N 71.019°W / 42.26; -71.019