Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 18, 1861 (XII: 287): 4-13[sic '5'], as 'Camp Harrison, Six Miles from Cincinnati, Ohio, on the land of the Hamilton and Dayton Railroad...'. The post was named for former president William Henry Harrison, who was from North Bend, Ohio. The soldiers at Camp Harrison usually remained at the camp for only a short training before being shipped off to assignments in the South. The initial post commander was Ohio militia (Union) Brigadier-General Joshua Hall Bates.