2247 Camp Swigert

Category: Markers

Marker reads, Union Civil War training camp was organized Dec. 12, 1861. Made up of 20-25 acres. It became center of volunteer enlistees under command of Col. D. W. Lindsey. Recruits from surrounding counties, Frankfort & Louisville were assigned to form the 22nd Regt of KY Volunteer Inf. Both black and white infantrymen stationed at Camp Swigert. Reverse, Engaged in skirmishes in eastern KY & West Virginia, followed by Middle Creek, KY and Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. They moved through Tennessee and Mississippi. The 22 KY Volunteer Inf. Regt. consolidated at Baton Rouge, La in March 1864 into the 7 KY Veteran Inf. Non-veterans were mustered out in Louisville on January 20, 1865.