Camp Lander was a former

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camp active during 1862 and located in

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. It was named for Brigadier General Frederick W. Lander, wounded at the

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, who died of disease almost three weeks later in March 1862. In September–December 1862, the

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, and 48th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments trained at the camp. The site is now occupied by Pingree Park, on land donated by Harriet Pingree in 1916.Historical Digression, Civil War Training Camps in Massachusetts, part 2
9 August 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

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