Lippitt or Camp Lippitt is a former settlement and military post in Humboldt County

Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It was located near the settlement of Bucksport

Bucksport, California

Bucksport was a town in Humboldt County, California. The original location was southwest of downtown Eureka, at an elevation of 16 feet . It was a separate community in the 19th century, before better port facilities and political dominance gave the then northern town of Eureka predominance...

. Camp Lippet was named for Col. Francis J. Lippitt

Francis J. Lippitt

Francis J. Lippitt, a lawyer and veteran of the Mexican American War and Colonel and Brigadier General in the American Civil War.-Early Life:He was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1812...

 of the 2nd California Infantry and was in use for two months, in 1862. It was established to help alleviate the inadequacies at Fort Humboldt and consisted entirely of rented buildings in Bucksport, garrisoned by Company F, 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

The 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent its entire term of service in the western United States. Organized at San Francisco and Carson City September 2, 1861, to December 30, 1862 and attached to Department...

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