Camp Zachary Taylor Explained

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

• 84th Division

Demobilization station

• 1st Division September 1919
• 38th Division January 1919
• 84th Division July 1919

See also

• Camp Taylor, Louisville

External links

Camp Zachary Taylor Historical Society, Louisville, Ky] contact us on Facebook, Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville.

• Images of Camp Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections

Notes and References

1. Book: Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy . 1935 . Sixty-Sixth Annual Report . Newburgh, NY . Moore Printing Company . 134 . . 2019-02-09 . 2019-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190210050034/http://digital-library.usma.edu/cdm/pageflip/collection/aogreunion/id/18194/type/compoundobject/filename/print/page/download/start/134/pftype/pdf . dead .