Civil War Training Camp

Military Park began in the 1820s as a military reservation where the state militia occasionally trained. In 1852 the first Indiana State Fair was held on the grounds, and other state fairs took place there over the next eight years. In 1861 the fairgrounds became a military camp, where the 13th Indiana Regiment under Col. Jeremiah Sullivan of Madison and others trained. As Camp Sullivan, the grounds remained in use as a military camp for the rest of the war.

Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana · United States