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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American Civil War training camp in Massachusetts</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Recruiting_poster_for_the_Massachusetts_54th_regiment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Recruiting_poster_for_the_Massachusetts_54th_regiment.jpg/250px-Recruiting_poster_for_the_Massachusetts_54th_regiment.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Recruiting_poster_for_the_Massachusetts_54th_regiment.jpg/330px-Recruiting_poster_for_the_Massachusetts_54th_regiment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Recruiting_poster_for_the_Massachusetts_54th_regiment.jpg/500px-Recruiting_poster_for_the_Massachusetts_54th_regiment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="870" /></a><figcaption>Recruiting poster, 1863.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monument_to_soldiers_who_died_at_Camp_Meigs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Monument_to_soldiers_who_died_at_Camp_Meigs.jpg/250px-Monument_to_soldiers_who_died_at_Camp_Meigs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Monument_to_soldiers_who_died_at_Camp_Meigs.jpg/330px-Monument_to_soldiers_who_died_at_Camp_Meigs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Monument_to_soldiers_who_died_at_Camp_Meigs.jpg/500px-Monument_to_soldiers_who_died_at_Camp_Meigs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Monument to soldiers who died at Camp Meigs in the <a href="/wiki/Old_Village_Cemetery" title="Old Village Cemetery">Old Village Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Camp Meigs</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> training camp that existed from 1862 to 1865 in <a href="/wiki/Readville,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Readville, Massachusetts">Readville, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was combined from the former <b>Camp Brigham</b> (formed to train the <a href="/wiki/18th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">18th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <b>Camp Massasoit</b> (formed to train the <a href="/wiki/24th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchouler1868191–192_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchouler1868191–192-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and trained the <a href="/wiki/54th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry</a>, among others. The 54th regiment was one of the first official African-American units in the United States during the Civil War. The former camps were merged into Camp Meigs in August 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-MassCWCampsp1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MassCWCampsp1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Camp Meigs was named for <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_C._Meigs" title="Montgomery C. Meigs">Montgomery C. Meigs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other units that trained there include the <a href="/wiki/11th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">11th</a>, <a href="/wiki/43rd_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">43rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/44th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">44th</a>, <a href="/wiki/45th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="45th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">45th</a>, <a href="/wiki/47th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="47th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">47th</a>, <a href="/wiki/48th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">48th</a>, <a href="/wiki/55th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment" title="55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment">55th</a>, <a href="/wiki/56th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="56th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">56th</a>, <a href="/wiki/58th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="58th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">58th</a>, <a href="/wiki/59th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="59th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">59th</a>, <a href="/wiki/60th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="60th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">60th</a> and <a href="/wiki/62nd_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="62nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">62nd</a> regiments of infantry; the <a href="/wiki/1st_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry">1st</a>, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Regiment_of_Cavalry,_Massachusetts_Volunteers" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers">2nd</a>, <a href="/wiki/4th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry">4th</a> and <a href="/wiki/5th_Massachusetts_Cavalry_Regiment" title="5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment">5th</a> regiments of cavalry; the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Heavy_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery">2nd</a> regiment of heavy artillery; and the <a href="/wiki/5th_Massachusetts_Battery" title="5th Massachusetts Battery">5th</a>, <a href="/wiki/9th_Massachusetts_Battery" title="9th Massachusetts Battery">9th</a>, <a href="/wiki/11th_Massachusetts_Battery" title="11th Massachusetts Battery">11th</a>, <a href="/wiki/12th_Massachusetts_Battery" title="12th Massachusetts Battery">12th</a>, <a href="/wiki/13th_Massachusetts_Battery" title="13th Massachusetts Battery">13th</a>, <a href="/wiki/14th_Massachusetts_Battery" title="14th Massachusetts Battery">14th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/16th_Massachusetts_Battery" title="16th Massachusetts Battery">16th</a> batteries of light artillery.<sup id="cite_ref-MassCWCampsp1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MassCWCampsp1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 6th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 26th <a href="/wiki/Unattached_Companies_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Militia" title="Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia">Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia</a> were also at the camp during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the busiest training camp in Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-MassCWCampsp1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MassCWCampsp1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1869, the land was obtained by the Norfolk Agricultural Association, improved upon, and ultimately became the <a href="/wiki/Readville_Race_Track" title="Readville Race Track">Readville Race Track</a>. On December 12, 1915, the newly formed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sturtevant_Aeroplane_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sturtevant Aeroplane Company (page does not exist)">Sturtevant Aeroplane Company</a> tested its new A-3 Battleplane prototype on the Readville field, becoming the first American airplane engineered specifically for air combat.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The A-3 was designed by <a href="/wiki/Grover_Loening" title="Grover Loening">Grover C. Loening</a>, most recently the Army’s aeronautical engineer at San Diego and hired by Sturtevant. The <i>Battleplane</i> featured a water-cooled 140 hp Sturtevant V-8 engine with two removable 8-foot × 2.5-foot <a href="/wiki/Nacelles" class="mw-redirect" title="Nacelles">nacelles</a> positioned mid-wing for machine gunners to fire outside the propeller arc. The test flight was piloted by Lt. Byron Jones. </p><p>By World War II, the site was largely abandoned, although U.S. Navy pilots from Squantum Naval Air Station flying their <a href="/wiki/Boeing-Stearman_Model_75" title="Boeing-Stearman Model 75">Stearman biplanes</a> would practice "touch and go" landings on the remnants of the old oval track.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camp_Meigs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_installations_in_Massachusetts" title="List of military installations in Massachusetts">List of military installations in Massachusetts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camp_Meigs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/maboston1.html#meigs">"Boston Harbor I - Camp Meigs"</a>. 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