Camp Curtin

Camp Curtin was a major Union Army training camp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. It was located north of Pennsylvania's state capitol building on 80 acres of what had previously been land used by the Dauphin County Agricultural Fairgrounds.

This article is about the American Civil War military camp. For the neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, see Camp Curtin (Harrisburg).
Camp Curtin
Part of United States Army (Union)
Agricultural school grounds, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Camp Curtin, Harper's Weekly, September 1862
Typemilitary muster-in and training center
Site history
BuiltApril 18, 1861
In useApril 18, 1861 - November 11, 1865
Demolished1865-1867
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