Camp Lyon, sometimes called Fort Lyon, was established March 1862 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. Company K, 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was ordered to Camp Lyon December 1861, and served there until the fort was abandoned.
References
- Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of historic forts : the military, pioneer, and trading posts of the United States. Internet Archive. New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-926880-3.
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Vol. L, Part I. Washington D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897. p. 916. ISBN 978-0-918678-07-2.
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