Benton Barracks
Depot, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Park
BENTON BARRACKS
John C. Fremont ordered a training barracks on the St. Louis fairgrounds in 1861 for the Union Army's Western Division, with room for up to 30,000 soldiers. By 1863 it held over a mile of barracks, warehouses, cavalry stables and the largest hospital in the West.
Then
John C. Fremont ordered a training barracks on the St. Louis fairgrounds in 1861 for the Union Army's Western Division, with room for up to 30,000 soldiers. By 1863 Benton Barracks held over a mile of barracks along with warehouses, cavalry stables, parade grounds and a hospital for 2,000 to 3,000 men, the largest in the West.
Now
Park
The site is present-day St. Louis Fairground Park.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 1.1 miles away.
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