Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
1052 Banning Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90744-4604
Price of admission: A $5.00 donation is requested per person, children under 12 are free.
Website - (310) 548-7509
Hours of Operations: Tues. through Sun. 10am to 3pm.
Keywords: American history, Bookstore/Library, Civil War, cultural, history, indoor, local attraction, Nature, Park/garden, science, tours/walks
The Civil War is a pivotal event in the history of the United States. Unfortunately, few people realize that California played an important role in that conflict. Although the major engagements took place in the East, troops from Drum Barracks, kept California in the Union, protected much of the Southwest and secured the territory which is now Arizona and New Mexico for the Union.
The Drum Barracks Civil War Museum is housed in the last remaining wooden building of Drum Barracks, named after Adjutant General Richard Coulter Drum, head of the Department of the Pacific. This facility served as the Union Army headquarters in the Southwest (Southern California and the Arizona Territory) from 1861 - 1871. Drum Barracks, which was first called Camp Drum, served as the main staging, training and supply base for military operations in the Southwest, and occupied approximately sixty acres of land with an additional thirty-seven acres near the harbor.
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