Camp Lyon (California)

Camp Lyon, sometimes called Fort Lyon, was established March 1862[1] as a temporary California Volunteer post located about 20 miles southeast of Arcata, California, on the right bank of the Mad River at Brehmer's Ranch, opposite Blue Slide Creek near Kneeland, California.[2] Company K, 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was ordered to Camp Lyon December 1861, and served there until the fort was abandoned.

  1. ^ Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of historic forts : the military, pioneer, and trading posts of the United States. Internet Archive. New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-926880-3.
  2. ^ The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Vol. L, Part I. Washington D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897. p. 916. ISBN 978-0-918678-07-2.