The museum register runs 23,000 names deep — every recruit who trained at Louisiana's largest Civil War camp, 1861 to 1865, every unit assigned, every outcome recorded. Camp Moore processed men for five years. Four hundred of them are buried here, and yellow fever and measles killed more Camp Moore soldiers than any Louisiana battle. This is a rare Confederate site where the dead are overwhelmingly disease victims, not battle casualties.
The museum holds uniforms, artifacts, and equipment from the camp's five-year operation. The cemetery is quiet. The register tells you what happened: men came through, most left, some didn't. The names are there if you want them.
Check campmoore.com for hours and reenactment-weekend dates — Tangipahoa Parish, North Shore country, where the estuary system pulls fresh water south and the war came anyway.
- ·Louisiana's largest Civil War training camp — processed 23,000+ Confederate recruits, 1861–1865.
- ·400 soldiers are buried here; yellow fever and measles killed more Camp Moore men than any Louisiana battle.
- ·The museum register tracks every recruit trained at the camp — names, units, outcomes.
- ·Uniforms, artifacts, and equipment from the camp's five-year operation.
- ·A rare site where the Confederate dead are overwhelmingly disease victims, not battle casualties.
- ·Located in Tangipahoa Parish; check campmoore.com for hours and reenactment-weekend dates.
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