Confederate Cemetary at Camp Moore. Estimates of the number of men buried in the cemetery range from 250 to 800 men.

The 16th Louisiana did a fine job hosting the Camp Moore event. This year the battles were moved to an adjacent field which allowed more room for the scenarios. Unfortunately, the dance was cancelled to an evening shower.

History of Camp Moore

Camp Moore, was named for Governor Thomas Overton Moore of Louisiana, and was located about 78 miles north of New Orleans on the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad (now the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad) about one half mile above Tangipahoa Station. The greater part of the volunteer regiments and battalions which brought fame and honor to the State of Louisiana during the War for Southern Independence were assembled, organized, and trained in this camp.

While at Camp Moore, companies were brought to full strength, elected their officers, and formed into groups of ten companies willing to serve in the same regiment. These regiments were then brought into State service and elected regimental officers. The State then arranged for the regiments to be mustered into Confederate service. The regiments usually left Camp Moore within a couple of days of being mustered.

Among those who went to the Army of Northern Virginia were the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Regiments of Volunteers and the 1st Special Battalion of Louisiana Volunteers (Wheat's Battalion). Among those serving in Confederate commands in the western part of the Confederacy were the 4th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 30th Regiments of Louisiana Volunteers.

Having found no weevils, Lee Bartlett smiles in relief.

Letters from soldiers and visitors at the camp describe it as being about one half mile above Tangipahoa Station and being bounded on the west by the railroad, on the south by Beaver Creek, and on the east, by the Tangipahoa River. General Tracy's headquarters was near Beaver Creek, and along the creek there was a coffee house and restaurant, a grocery, the sutler, soda and refreshment shops, a barber shop, a photographer's salon, and a butcher shop. In the center of the camp was the parade ground.