Infantry officers' School Infirmary at Camp Lee (Fort Lee), Prince George County, Virginia, USA
Infantry officers' School Infirmary at Camp Lee (Fort Lee), Prince George County, Virginia, USA is a military base and its address is Prince George, Virginia USA, located at latitude 37.249053, longitude -77.332431.
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Just 18 days after a state of war with Germany was declared, the first Camp Lee was selected as a state mobilization camp and later became a division training camp.
In June 1917, building began and within sixty days, 14,000 men swarmed over the newly designed military installation.
When construction work ended, there were accommodations for 60,335 men. On July 15, 1917, the War Department announced that the camp would be named in honor of General Robert E. Lee, the most famous of the Confederate Civil War commanders.
After World War I, Camp Lee was taken over by the Commonwealth of Virginia and designated a game preserve. Later, portions of the land were incorporated into the National Military Park of Petersburg.
