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Camp MangumCivil War training camp in central Wake County about 3 mi. W of Raleigh on site of present state fairgrounds.
Camp MasonCivil War training camp near Goldsboro in central Wayne County.
Camp MasonCivil War training camp near Graham, central Alamance County.
Camp MountainE Jackson County between Tanasee Creek and the Transylvania County line.
Camp PattonCivil War training camp in Asheville (East Chestnut Street E of Charlotte Street), central Buncombe County. Probably named for Capt. Thomas W. Patton, who served with distinction in the Confederate army. The camp was probably on land that he owned, as his home was nearby.
Camp Pointat the NW tip of the largest island in the Hog Island group, NE Carteret County. Earlier known as Whale Camp Point and was the site of an early settlement.
Camp PolkWorld War I tank camp of 1,600 acres located in Raleigh and named for William Polk, Revolutionary War colonel. Camp had two sections: administrative, housing, and assembly grounds on Hillsborough Street and tank training grounds on Blue Ridge Road.
Camp Ridgemountain in W Avery County.
Camp Springscommunity in SW Caswell County. Believed to have been named because Cornwallis's troops camped there during the American Revolution.
Camp Swamprises in S Columbus County and flows SE into Horry County, S.C., where it enters Buck Creek.