A training camp for the 3rd US Volunteer Engineers, located at Tyrone, Woodford County, near Young’s High Bridge on the Louisville Southern Railroad during the Spanish American War . The camp was named for Brigadier General James M. Wilson.[i]
[i] Lexington Herald, October 19, 1898, page 5, columns 2-4 and October 21, 1898, page 5, columns 2-4.
References:
William M. Ambrose, Bluegrass Military Camps, Limestone Press, Lexington, 2012.
