Dublin Core
Title
Camp Curtain Monument (Harrisburg, PA)
Contributor
Caroline Scott
Type
Site
Identifier
2442
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
Historical Monument Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=202198
Spatial Coverage
current,40.282421946072574,-76.89101343061864;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Camp Curtain Monument (Harrisburg, PA)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Camp_Curtain_Monument_(Harrisburg,_PA)
Monument Type
Statue - high ranking official
Material
Bronze
Inscription
Camp Curtin
Camp Curtin was the first and greatest military camp in the northern states in 1861. It was open territory, its limits being bounded by what is now Watts Lane on the north, Pennsylvania Railroad on the east, Maclay Street on the south and Fifth Street on the west. The land was taken possession of by order of Governor Curtin April 18, 1861.
1861 — 1865 In memory of more than 300,000 soldiers of the Civil War. The flower of the nation's youth and the maturity of her manhood, who passed into and out of this camp to the field of battle. A united country enjoys the fruits of their victory for liberty and union.
State
Pennsylvania
County
Dauphin
Affiliation
Union
City
Harrisburg
Location Type
City