Drum Barracks Civil War Museum

The Drum Barracks Civil War Museum was the former US Army Headquarters for Southern California and the Arizona Territory from 1861-1871. It is housed in the last remaining wooden building of Camp Drum. First called Camp Drum, it was named after Richard Coulter Drum. The building was set for demolition in the early 1960’s, but local citizens campaigned together to save and open the historic building as a museum in 1987.

Drum Barracks once covered sixty acres of land. It served as the main training, staging, and supply base for Army military operations in the Southwest. The Drum Barracks hospital boasted to be the best equipped and staffed medical facility west of the Mississippi River.

Liz, Denise, Maddie, and I were in the Long Beach area for a weekend ghost hunt and stopped at the Drum Barracks Museum early Saturday morning. California paranormal teams had recommended the visit since they had experienced ghostly happenings in the past. The museum has also been featured on several TV programs including “Most Haunted.”

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