Drum Barracks

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Drum Barracks

Memorial

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Drum Barracks was the Union Army's headquarters for Southern California and New Mexico during the Civil War. It consisted of 19 buildings on 60 acres in what is now Wilmington, with another 37 acres near the waterfront.

Banning House

Museum

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Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival-Victorian home in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Banning House is situated 2,000 feet north of Drum Barracks.

Wilmington Cemetery

Cemetery

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Wilmington Cemetery is situated 3,200 feet north of Drum Barracks.

Places in the Area

Wilmington

Suburb

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Wilmington is a neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, covering 9.14 square miles. Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of Latino and foreign-born residents.

Harbor City

Quarter

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Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro. Harbor City is situated 2½ miles west of Drum Barracks.

Carson

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Carson is a major suburb in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. Carson is a very ethnically diverse but poorer suburb, with few sights or tourist destinations.

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