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Civil War | Museum
Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
California
1052 North Banning Boulevard
Wilmington, CA 90744
United States
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The Museum is housed in the last remaining wooden structure of the 60-acre, 22-building military post built here in 1862. As U.S. Army Headquarters for Southern California and the Arizona Territory, it protected the harbor, kept the peace, secured the area for the Union and served as a supply depot.
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