Camp Smith (Wisconsin)

Camp Smith
Green Bay, Wisconsin
TypeFort
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army
Site history
Built1820
In use1820-1822
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Colonel Joseph Lee Smith

44°28′29″N 88°02′03″W / 44.47472°N 88.03417°W / 44.47472; -88.03417 (Camp Smith (closed 1822, location approximate)) Camp Smith was a 19th-century fortification located on the east bank of the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1][2] The installation was built as a temporary home for the garrison at nearby Fort Howard during a malaria outbreak.[3]

  1. ^ Michael Hoffman (October 11, 2015). "Fort Howard, WI". Michigan Technological University. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Camp Smith (Wisconsin)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Meg Jones (September 29, 2010). "History buffs launch search for Fort Howard's footprint". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved July 17, 2016.