Camp Cabell

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: December 1, 1994

Camp Cabell, a temporary United States military installation during the Spanish-American War, was located at Dallas and named for William Lewis Cabell, a Confederate general. The camp was occupied for a time by the Second Texas Volunteer Infantry.

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Dallas Morning News, July 19, 1925.

Categories:

Exploration
Missions, Presidios, and Camps

Time Periods:

Late Nineteenth-Century Texas

Places:

Dallas/Fort Worth Region
Dallas
North Texas

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Anonymous, “Camp Cabell,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 24, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/camp-cabell.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: December 1, 1994

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