Hayes Lowe
Tuscaloosa camp and other sites.
Fri May 25 12:08:33 2001


The location of the Tuscaloosa training camp was in what is now the park downtown (Hinton Park?), behind the present day site of the relocated Old Tavern (aka Old Stagecoach Inn). A railroad depot was located there, but I haven't researched whether it existed during the war.

Locations of other sites in Tuscaloosa:

The POW prison was located in a hotel, across the intersection for where the 1st National Bank building now stands downtown. This is at the intersection of University Blvd. and Greensboro Ave. This is two blocks from the camp. The Old Capital Building was located on another corner of this intersection.

A skirmish occurred near where the Old National Guard Armory now stands, on University Blvd. Actual location may be back toward the University's campus about a block or so.

Confederate [nitrate?] mines were located near the river on the University's campus.

The old Nitrate Plant, burned by Croxton, was located where the football practice field is located. I believe that the Leech and Avery Cannon Foundry was also located on that same block.

Cadet stables were located across River Road from the location of the present day steel mill.