Camp Henderson was a military outpost in the

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in 1864, built on

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about five miles from where it joins the

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, 330 miles from

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. The camp was located at the foot of cliffs on the east side of the valley south of an historical marker located along the highway (Oregon 78, U.S. 95) about six miles east of

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. A detachment of the

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Regiment established the camp in mid spring 1864, and named it after

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, one of Oregon's first congressmen. This camp, near the mouth of Jordan Creek, was the center of operations for the

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in Southeastern Oregon for some time afterward. Camp Henderson was abandoned March 25, 1866, leaving no trace of it today except for the names of soldiers that carved their names into the cliffs behind the camp.Ralph Friedman, Tracking Down Oregon, Caxton Press, 1978, pp. 261-263
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Snake War Closed installations of the United States Army Buildings and structures in Malheur County, Oregon American Civil War army posts Military installations in Oregon Oregon in the American Civil War 1864 establishments in Oregon 1866 disestablishments in Oregon {{AmericanCivilWar-stub