New York soldiers in a 1918 marksmanship competition at the Field Artillery Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor
Camp Zachary Taylor was a military training camp in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1917, to train soldiers for U.S. involvement in World War I, and was closed three years later. It was initially commanded by Guy Carleton and after the war its commanders included Julius Penn.[1] 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.
Not to be confused with Fort Zachary Taylor, a place in Key West Florida used for a military base.
The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald trained at the camp as did actor Louis Wolheim.
Mobilization station
Demobilization station
- 1st Division September 1919
- 38th Division January 1919
- 84th Division July 1919
See also
References
- ↑ Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy (1935). Sixty-Sixth Annual Report. Newburgh, NY: Moore Printing Company. p. 134. Archived from the original on 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
External links
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- Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville,Ky. on Facebook
- Images of Camp Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections
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