Eldad Cicero Camp Jr. (August 1, 1839 – November 21, 1920) was an American coal tycoon, attorney and philanthropist, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the vicinity.

[2] His prominent North Knoxville mansion, Greystone, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[10] In June 1864, Camp's regiment successfully guided supplies through the hostile Virginia wilderness to reinforce General Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Cold Harbor.

[4] In February 1865, shortly before he was mustered out with the rank of sergeant major, Camp accompanied General Joseph Alexander Cooper to Knoxville.

[5] Impressed with the virtually untouched mineral resources of the surrounding region, Camp decided to make the city his permanent home.

[5] Shortly after the war, Camp became embroiled in a quarrel with Colonel Henry Ashby, a native Virginian who had fought for the Confederacy.

[10] After Camp was arrested for murder, his bail was posted by several former Unionists, among them future Knoxville Journal editor William Rule.

The county's acting district attorney eventually issued a nolle prosequi, and Camp was never prosecuted for the killing.

[10] In 1869, Camp was appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee by President Ulysses S. Grant, having been recommended for the position by Congressman Horace Maynard.

Camp's son George, who was superintendent of the company's Fraterville mines, oversaw the rescue operations in the explosion's aftermath.