{"id":259,"date":"2026-07-29T04:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikecaine.im\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:02:38","slug":"camp-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikecaine.im\/index.php\/camp-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"259\" class=\"elementor elementor-259\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c04a14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c04a14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593ac5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"593ac5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Later renamed Camp Woods<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa0254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fa0254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Camp Hamilton\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce07a17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce07a17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discover the story of Camp Hamilton, a Civil War training camp named after Colonel Charles S. Hamilton, where soldiers from Wisconsin gathered to prepare for military service.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b65cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61b65cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347f8d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"347f8d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67af2c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67af2c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The camp was located on the north side of Forest Avenue, between Waupon (now Lincoln) and Hickory Streets. The soldiers&#8217; entrance was on Waupun, just north of Forest. The drill and parade grounds were on an open prairie which extended to what is now Johnson Street. The camp was named after the commander of the troops, Colonel Charles S. Hamilton, a resident of Fond du Lac. He had arrived in the spring of 1850, built and resided in a house on the east side of Sophia Street, which was named after his wife. He was a veteran of the Mexican War of 1846 and was also the owner of an oil mill at the time. He held the rank of captain in the regular army in 1847, but resigned his commission in 1849 and moved to Wisconsin. In 1861, he was called upon by the state to make soldiers out of common men and was given the rank of colonel.<\/p><p>The first group of men to arrive at the new training camp was the Green County Volunteers on June 14th, 1861. At that time, only Col. 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