Camp Zachary Taylor was a military training camp in
Louisville, Kentucky
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. It opened in 1917, to train soldiers for
U.S.
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involvement in
World War I
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, and was closed three years later. It was initially commanded by
Guy Carleton and after the war its commanders included
Julius Penn
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.
Its name (and some of its buildings) live on as the
Camp Taylor neighborhood of Louisville. It is named for Louisville resident and United States President
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to th ...
.
Not to be confused with Fort Zachary Taylor, a place in Key West Florida used for a military base.
The novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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trained at the camp.
Mobilization station
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84th Division
Demobilization station
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1st Division September 1919
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38th Division January 1919
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84th Division July 1919
See also
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Camp Taylor, Louisville
Camp Taylor is a neighborhood and former military base six miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. First announced on June 11, 1917 it was originally a military camp named for former president Zachary Taylor. For a time ...
References
External links
Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville,Ky. on Facebook Images of Camp Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections
Closed installations of the United States Army
History of Louisville, Kentucky
Taylor
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Plac ...
Military installations in Kentucky
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