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Military Camps

Military History of the Hempstead Plains

​Long Island, NY 1776 -1961

Camps and the Cradle of Aviation

The Hempstead Plains
One of the few natural prairies east of the Allegheny Mountains
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The Hempstead Plains

American Revolution:  used as an Army enlistment center.
War of 1812 and Mexican War: It was a training center for Infantry units.
American Civil War : It was the location of Camp Winfield Scott. 
Spanish American War  1898: The site was known as Camp Black.
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Fighting 69th drilling in column formation at Camp Black
- from the Nassau County Museum Collection.
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Camp Black was formed on the Hempstead Plains, in March 1898, in support of the Spanish-American War. Camp Black was bounded on the north by Old Country Road, on the west by Clinton Road, and on the south by the Central Line rail. Camp Black was opened on April 29, 1898.  The first regiment to occupy Camp Black was Co. H of the 71st Regiment. The Camp officially closed on September 28, 1898.
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The 7th Battery, Light Artillery, N.Y. Volunteers.  Camp Black        July 27, 1898.
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New York 13th Regiment at Camp Black –
 from the Nassau County Museum collection

 WWI – 1917-1918  Camp Albert Mills

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The Hofstra University Collection via New York Heritage Digital Collections

The collection is comprised of sixty-one 2 5/8” x 4 3/8” and six 3 1/8” x 5 1/2” black-and-white photographs taken by an unknown WWI soldier in the Quartermaster Corps. The photos were taken between January and April of 1919, when Camp Mills was used as a post-war port of debarkation. They depict daily life at the camp, and contain annotations on the versos.
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  • John Purroy Mitchel
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  • Crashes & Accidents Index
    • Crashes & Accidents 17-29
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    • ACNL 1929
    • ACNL 1930
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    • ACNL 1932
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    • ACNL 1941
  • Commanding Officers
  • HempsteadPlains.com
  • Lancasters at Mitchel
  • Newspapers and Magazines
  • USO
  • Roosevelt Field
  • USO Jones Beach
  • USO Mitchel Field
  • USO Hempstead
  • Crashes 56-61
  • Military Camps
  • Treason
  • AA & Ground Forces