Camp Ellsworth is a former

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

training camp that existed in 1862 in

North Cambridge, Massachusetts North Cambridge, also known as "Area 11", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Porter Square and the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks on the south, the city of Somerville on the northeast, Alewife Brook and the town of Arl ...

. It was located near Fresh Pond, at the abandoned Reed and Bartlett Icehouse. It was first occupied by the

1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was the first regiment to leave Massachusetts for a three-year term (several had previously left for 90-day terms) in ...

on June 1, 1861.Bowen, James Lorenzo. ''Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865.'' C.W. Bryan & Co., 1888. p. 100

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