Camp Recovery Historical
Marker
Located at intersection of Booster Club and
Recovery roads, just west of Ga. 310, in southwestern Decatur
County
(Text)
CAMP RECOVERY
This medical camp was established
on September 15, 1820 by the Southeastern Army of the United
States headquartered at Fort Scott. It was used as a recuperation
area for soldiers who had contracted malaria and dysentery in
the swampy environs of the fort. Soldiers considered the fort
to be the deadliest military assignment in the country because
of numerous illnesses and deaths there. The camp was located
on a high ridge three miles southeast of Fort Scott. A 34-pound
cannon marks the site of the camp and nearby cemetery for the
soldiers who perished here.
ERECTED BY THE
HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION
AND THE DECATUR
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1995
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