Drum Barracks Civil War Museum

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The Drum Barracks Civil War Museum, part of Los Angeles' Drum Barracks, is located in Wilmington, California in the last remaining building of what was a 22 building Union Army base. The U-shaped building served as the junior officers' quarters. It interprets the history of the Civil War in California and provides a look at 19th century Wilmington.[1][2][3][4]

Among the museum artifacts are an 1875 Gatling Gun and a life-size likeness of one of the camels from the United States Camel Corps that drew attention to the Base when the Army brought them to the site.[3][5] Museum staff has sought to use its status as haunted as a means of improving visitation to secure its future.[6][7]

The museum is operated by the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation with fundraising handled privately. Its founding director was Marge O'Brien.[8] The museum is also part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, which worked with the city of Los Angeles to preserve funding for the museum's director once Susan Ogle had succeeded O'Brien.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Fordney, Ben Fuller (1 July 2002). "George Stoneman: Civil War Soldier and Governor of California". Southern California Quarterly. 84 (2): 115–134. doi:10.2307/41172124. JSTOR 41172124. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ Garner, Scott (14 December 2018). "Neighborhood Spotlight: Oil and the sea built Wilmington's future". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Hanc, John (20 March 2013). "What Did You Do in the Civil War, California?". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ Harvey, Steve (29 May 2010). "Southern California does indeed have a Civil War history". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ Epting, Charles (23 March 2015). Victorian Los Angeles: From Pio Pico to Angels Flight. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-1-62585-143-7. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Where Ghosts of War Still Walk". Los Angeles Times. 26 April 1992. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. ^ Meares, Hadley (26 October 2018). "There's a Civil War museum in LA—and of course it's haunted". Curbed LA. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  8. ^ Grenier, Judson A. (1 April 1993). "Review". The Public Historian. 15 (2): 191–194. doi:10.2307/3377997. JSTOR 3377997. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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