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Re: Camp Blewitt
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Allison --

I'm sure you're correct, and you're on the right track for researching this question.

The name of this camp not being familiar, I wondered if the name had been misinterpreted from handwriting on a military service record. After checking some other sources for regiments at Columbus MS in the summer of 1862, I find that it's correct, although spelling may vary. Unfortunately Camp Blewitt or Bluett isn't mentioned in the Official Records.

A map of wartime Columbus might help.

Best I can tell, the hospital/camp was about half a mile or less away from the depot in Columbus MS. For a couple of reasons I don't believe there were any buildings there. First, the name disappears after the summer of 1862. Second, soldiers refer to it interchangably as a camp and hospital. During the summer it would make some sense to quickly set up a tent hospital in an open area not far from the railway depot.

The location of Friendship Cemetery in Columbus MS may be a good candidate for the site of Camp Blewitt/Bluett --

http://www.scvcamp1220.org/friendship.htm

For what it's worth, here's an article from the New York Times about Columbus and its history.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2DE1239F931A15750C0A96E958260&sec=&pagewanted=print

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