Researchers Brad Upp and Jim Remsen penned a book on the forgotten Civil War camp in Gladwyne titled Back from Battle: The Forgotten Story of Pennsylvania’s Camp Discharge and the Weary Civil War Soldiers it Served, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Main Line Media News.

Upp first read about the long-forgotten camp in Montgomery County when he was ten and has been on a quest to find out more about the historical site – including its location – ever since.

“I found it interesting, the idea of the Civil War in Gladwyne,” said Upp.

And while finding the location was not easy, he and Remsen were able to pinpoint it to an area that today belongs to Philadelphia Country Club.

Now with the club’s permission and working with the Lower Merion Historical Society, the two researchers believe they have discovered the camp’s boundary lines and much more.

In the book they co-authored, the two men present their findings after years of going through historic records both locally, from Lower Merion to Norristown to Philadelphia, to as far as the National Archives in Washington.

Read more about the book and the forgotten Civil War camp in Gladwayne in the Main Line Media News.