Camp Scott was a recruiting and training base in York, Pennsylvania, for newly raised regiments in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Following the secession of several southern states and the bombardment of Fort Sumter in South Carolina in April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion.
In response to this summons to arms, eager volunteers throughout the North flocked to recruiting stations in larger towns to enlist in the military, many in regiments that were originally intended to serve only for three months.
One such camp was located immediately east of downtown York, a center of commerce and transportation for south-central Pennsylvania.
Eventually the fair moved to a new location west of York, and the site of Camp Scott was swallowed up in urban expansion.