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Camp Taylor
Situated on the Pitt River at Fall River
Mills in Shasta County, about eight miles southeast of Fort
Crook, Camp Taylor was established on September 16, 1859,
by Captain F. F. Flint, 6th Infantry, with Companies A and I,
aggregating 62 men. The detachment had left Camp
Cass, near Red Bluffs, on September 7, in compliance with
Special Department Orders No. 94, dated September 1, 1859. The
distance marched was 110 miles.
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