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The Beat of the Drum. History of Drum Barracks
Category: Regional: California
Author: Don McDowell
Copyright/published Year: 1993 by Graphic Pub
ISBN: 1882824024
Binding: Hardcover
In 1862, due to an increasing need for a strong Union presence in
sessionist-prone Southern California, the U. S. Army established
a camp in Wilmington, near Banning's Wharf and San Pedro Harbor.
Named "Camp Drum" in honor of Lt. Col. Richard Coulter Drum, and
later changed to Drum Barracks. Assistant Adjutant General of the
Department of the Pacific, its story is now fully told in this
book by historian Don McDowell. The Beat of the Drum relates the
history of the camp from its beginnings as a bustling Civil War
post from which troops, material and supplies were dispatched to
frontier bases all over the Southwest, through decommissioning by
the military in 1871. The book then chronicles the conversion of
several of the buildings to a college campus, and the use of the
Junior Officers Quarters building as a boarding house through two
world wars. It concludes with the saving of that structure from
demolition and it's restoration to the lovely museum it is today.
The people, personalities and events of Drum Barracks' colorful
140-year history are told in a highly readable style,
supplemented by scores of photographs, maps and illustrations.
This book tells an indispensable story for history buffs of the
Civil War and Indian Wars in the Far West.
Condition Information
This is a used book.
Good condition.
Condition Description
Hardcover. Book #392/500. No Jacket. Signed by author and separate signed dedication. Previous owner embossed namestamp on Dedication Page. No other markings. Spine is a very little bit "cocked."
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