Camp Sherman, Ohio

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Camp Sherman is an American military training site near Chillicothe, Ohio. It was established in 1917 after the United States entered World War I. It now serves as a training site for the Ohio Army National Guard.{{cite press release |url=https://ong.ohio.gov/information/press_releases/2017/170707-Log24.pdf |title=Celebrating 100 years of service at Camp Sherman |agency=Ohio Adjutant General's Department |date=July 7, 2017 |via=Ohio.gov |accessdate=July 20, 2023}}

History

File:Recruits, Camp Sherman, Ohio. - NARA - 533612.tifs at Camp Sherman{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-buffalo-soldiers-in-wwi.htm |title=The Buffalo Soldiers in WWI |publisher=National Park Service |website=NPS.gov |accessdate=July 20, 2023}}]]

Between June and September 1917, the United States Army constructed more than 1,300 buildings at the Camp Sherman site; over 40,000 soldiers passed through the facility during World War I. Soldiers trained at Camp Sherman during World War I included the 95th Division, which was commanded by Brigadier General Mathew C. Smith.{{cite book |date=1920 |title=Illinois In the World War |volume=One |url=https://archive.org/details/illinoisinworldw00stat/page/406/mode/2up |location=States Publication Society |publisher=States Publications Society |page=407 |via=Internet Archive}} Construction work affected "Mound City Group", an enclosure and collection of earthworks left by the native Hopewell culture, as some ancient earthworks were damaged or destroyed.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/before-camp-sherman.htm |title=Before Camp Sherman |publisher=National Park Service |website=NPS.gov |accessdate=July 20, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/camp-sherman-ohio.htm |title=Camp Sherman, Ohio's WWI Soldier Factory |publisher=National Park Service |website=NPS.gov |accessdate=July 20, 2023}}

The 1918 flu pandemic, colloquially known as the Spanish flu, affected over 5,500 soldiers at Camp Sherman, resulting in over 1,700 deaths.{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/influenza-at-camp-sherman.htm |title=The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 at Camp Sherman |publisher=National Park Service |website=NPS.gov |accessdate=July 20, 2023}}

In 2009, the remaining National Guard facility was renamed Camp Sherman Joint Training Center.{{cite magazine |magazine=The Ohio National Guard Alumni Newsletter |title=Ohio Training Center Name Changes |volume=1 |number=3 |date=March 13, 2009 |url=https://www.ong.ohio.gov/Alumni_News/2009/Alumni%20News_Mar_13.pdf |via=ng.ohio.gov}}

Unioto High School, which serves Union Township and Scioto Township, is located on former grounds of Camp Sherman.

Camp Sherman, Ohio

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