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Camp Downey was an early training camp for California Volunteers, overlooking Lake Merritt, on what is now Seventh Avenue in Oakland, California.[1]

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  1. 7 relations: Camp Latham, J. R. West, Lake Merritt, Lieutenant colonel, Oakland, California, Southern California, 1st California Infantry Regiment.

  2. Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area

Camp Latham

Camp Latham was a temporary United States Army tent camp in Los Angeles County, California extant from fall 1861 to fall 1862 in the military District of Southern California during the American Civil War. Camp Downy and camp Latham are 1861 establishments in California.

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J. R. West

Joseph Rodman West (September 19, 1822 – October 31, 1898), also known as J. Rodman West, was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Union general in the United States Army during and after the American Civil War and the chief executive of the District of Columbia.

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Lake Merritt

Lake Merritt is a lake located in a large tidal lagoon basin in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Southern California

Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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1st California Infantry Regiment

The 1st Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Camp Downy and 1st California Infantry Regiment are 1861 establishments in California.

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See also

Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Downy