Camp Cody, NM World War I Artifacts

19th Century
Largest Artifact - 2.625" H x 3" D Riker Mount Tray - 6.75" H x 8.75" W
Civil War-era relics (1860s), including Minié balls, military buttons, belt plate fragments, tent/equipment hooks, and harness crosses—typical drops from an encampment site during the American Civil War.
In Very Good Condition
Camp Cody, now Private Land,  was a major U.S. Army training camp established in 1917 near Deming, New Mexico, during World War I. It trained National Guard units (mainly from the Midwest) that formed the 34th Infantry Division ("Sandstorm Division"). The camp featured thousands of wooden barracks buildings hastily built for the massive influx of troops—over 30,000 at peak—plus hospitals, mess halls, and other structures. It operated from mid-1917 to early 1919.  It has largely returned to desert and is now private land.