Military
Near this location stood Camp Wickham, the first encampment of the celebrated 124th New York Volunteers, known as the "Orange Blossoms." In 1862 this area was part of the Wickham Farm, which stretched from here to what is now the C. J. Hooker School, and the camp was located several hundred yards to the rear near what is now known as Murray Ave. Raised in Goshen in the summer of 1862, the 124th Regiment of Volunteers was mustered into federal service in Goshen on September 5, 1862, and mustered out at Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh, N. Y., on June 14, 1865.
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Chester, New York · United States
