At the outbreak of the
American Civil War
, Oregon raised the
1st Oregon Cavalry
that was activated in 1862 and served until June 1865. During the Civil War, emigrants to the newfound gold fields in
Idaho
and Oregon continued to clash with the
Paiute
,
Shoshone
and
Bannock
tribes of Oregon, Idaho and
Nevada
until relations degenerated into the bloody 1864?1868
Snake War
. The
1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment
was formed in 1864 and its last company was mustered out of service in July 1867. Both units were used to guard travel routes and Indian reservations, escort emigrant wagon trains, and protect settlers from Indian raiders. Several infantry detachments also accompanied survey parties and built roads in central and southern Oregon.
[1]
Oregon's second United States Senator, Col.
Edward Dickinson Baker
was killed while leading Union troops at the
Battle of Ball's Bluff
near Leesburg, Virginia on October 21, 1861. His death in battle occurred exactly one month after another Oregonian, Captain James W. Lingenfelter of Company B,
71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
, was killed while on the picket line. In civilian life, Captain Lingenfelter had been a practicing attorney in Jacksonville, Oregon. He had been visiting in the East when the war started and enlisted to serve with Colonel Baker.
Oregon regiments in the Civil War
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Civil War posts, Oregon
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- Fort Dalles
, Oregon, (1850?1867)
- Fort Yamhill
, Oregon (1856?1866)
- Fort Hoskins
, Oregon, (1857?1865)
- Siletz Blockhouse, Oregon (1858?1866)
[2]
- Camp Baker
, Oregon (1862?1865),
[3]
- Camp Barlow, Oregon, (1862)
[4]
- Camp Clackamas, Oregon, (1862)
[5]
- Post at Grand Ronde Indian Agency or
Fort Lafayette
, Oregon 1863,
[6]
- Fort Klamath
, Oregon, (1863?1890)
- Fort at Point Adams
, Oregon (1863?1865)
- Fort Stevens
, Oregon (1865?1947)
- Camp Alvord, Oregon (1864?1866)
[7]
- Camp Dalgren, Oregon (1864)
[8]
- Camp Henderson
, Oregon, 1864?1866
[9]
- Camp Lincoln, Oregon 1864
[10]
- Camp Maury, Oregon 1864
[11]
- Camp Russell, Oregon 1864?1865
[12]
- Camp Watson
, Oregon 1864?1869
- Camp Colfax, Oregon, 1865, 1867
[13]
- Camp Currey, Oregon 1865?1866
[14]
- Camp Logan, Oregon (1865?1868)
[15]
- Camp Lyon, Oregon (1865?1869)
[16]
[17]
- Camp Polk
, Oregon (1865?1866)
[18]
- Camp on Silvies River, Oregon (1864?)
[19]
- Camp Wright, Oregon (1865?1866)
[20]
- Old Camp Warner
, Oregon (1866?1867)
[21]
- Camp Warner
, Oregon (1867?1874)
[22]
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Edwards, Glenn Thomas
,
Oregon Regiments in the Civil War Years: Duty on the Indian Frontier
, unpublished Master of Arts thesis, Department of History, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, June 1960.
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A two-story blockhouse built to protect the
Siletz Indian Agency
. It was a subpost of
Fort Hoskins
. Originally called
Yaquina Bay Blockhouse
(1856?1858) located at the mouth of the
Yaquina River
near South Beach. It was dismantled and floated upriver in 1858. Located at
Siletz, Oregon
.
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Garrisoned by the Oregon Volunteer Cavalry to observe Confederate sympathizers in nearby
Jacksonville, Oregon
. Located one-half mile west of
Phoenix, Oregon
. Possibly also known as Camp Phoenix.
- ^
Charles Henry Carey,
History of Oregon
, The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, Portland, 1922, pg. 663.
Near A temporary Civil War encampment for the Oregon Volunteers, located two miles north of
Oregon City, Oregon
. The entire garrison moved to Camp Clackamas.
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A temporary state militia post that lasted only one month. Located at the mouth of the
Clackamas River
about one mile north of Oregon City. Replaced Camp Barlow.
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Officially known as Post at
Grand Ronde Indian Agency
, it was a temporary outpost of
Fort Yamhill
built by Oregon Volunteers at
Grand Ronde, Oregon
.
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. On Horse Creek in the
Alvord Valley
, east of the
Steen Mountain Range
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671 Located slightly east of Camps Maury and Polk.
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. This camp, named for Oregon's representative in Congress at that time, was established early in 1864, near the mouth of Jordan Creek, 330 miles from Walla Walla, and was the center of operations in Southeastern Oregon for some time afterward.
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671 Near Canyon City, on the headwaters of John Day River.
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. On the
Deschutes River
near the mouth of
Crooked River
.
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A Civil War training camp once located in
Salem, Oregon
, at the state fairgrounds, present-day 17th Street and Silverton Road.
- ^
Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. At the Willow Creek crossing of the Canyon City ? Boise Road, south of
Baker City
.
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. On Silver Creek.
- ^
Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671 East of Canyon City, on the road to Colfax.
- ^
Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671 In the Jordan Valley, east of the
Owyhee River
.
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IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY REFERENCE SERIES, CAMP LYON, Number 357 July 16, 1965
- ^
Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. On the Deschutes River near the mouth of Crooked River.
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 674. Located on the
Silvies River
, north of
Malheur Lake
.
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Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. North of Harney Lake. A temporary state militia encampment on the Silvies River, possibly to the south of
Burns, Oregon
. Originally Adobe Camp (1865), a 25-yard square sod-walled post, was located here before being replaced after only two weeks.
- ^
Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. Located east of Warner Lakes. A Federal camp originally located 20 miles east of Warner (Hart) Lake. It was moved in 1867
- ^
Carey,
History of Oregon
, pg. 671. Located west of Warner Lakes.
- Carter, Bryan Anthony. "Frontier Apart: Identity, Loyalty, and the Coming of the Civil War on the Pacific Coast" (PhD. Diss. Oklahoma State University, 2014)
online, with detail;ed bibliography
- Edwards, G. Thomas. "Six Oregon Leaders and the Far-Reaching Impact of America's Civil War".
Oregon Historical Quarterly
100#1 (Spring 1999): 4?31.
- Etulain, Richard W.
Lincoln and Oregon Country Politics in the Civil War Era
(2013).
- Smith, Stacey L. "Oregon's Civil War: The Troubled Legacy of Emancipation in the Pacific Northwest."
Oregon Historical Quarterly
115.2 (2014): 154?173.