Camp Lyon (California) Explained

Camp Lyon, sometimes called Fort Lyon, was established March 1862^[1] as a temporary California Volunteer post located about 20 miles southeast of Arcata, California on the right bank of the Mad River at Brehmer's Ranch, opposite Blue Slide Creek near Kneeland, California.^[2] Company K, 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was ordered to Camp Lyon December, 1861, and served there until the fort was abandoned.

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberts, Robert B. . Encyclopedia of historic forts : the military, pioneer, and trading posts of the United States . 1988 . New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan . Internet Archive . 978-0-02-926880-3.
2. Book: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies . 1897 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 978-0-918678-07-2 . L, Part I . Washington D. C. . 916 . en.