Camp Lyon, sometimes called Fort Lyon, was established in 1862 during the Bald Hills War

Bald Hills War

Bald Hills War was a war fought by the forces of the California Militia, California Volunteers and soldiers of the U. S. Army against the Chilula, Lassik, Hupa, Mattole, Nongatl, Sinkyone, Tsnungwe, Wailaki, Whilkut and Wiyot Native American peoples.The war was fought within the boundaries of the...

 midway between Fort Anderson and Fort Baker. It was a temporary California Volunteer post located at Brehmer's Ranch on the Mad River

Mad River (California)

The Mad River is a river in upper Northern California. It flows for in a roughly northwest direction through Trinity County and then Humboldt County, draining a watershed into the Pacific Ocean north of the college town of Arcata near Arcata-Eureka Airport in McKinleyville...

, about 20 miles southeast of Arcata, California

Arcata, California

-Demographics:-2010 Census data:The 2010 United States Census reported that Arcata had a population of 17,231. The population density was 1,567.4 people per square mile...

 near Kneeland, California

Kneeland, California

Kneeland is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.It is located south-southwest of Korbel, at an elevation of 2129 feet . Kneeland Airport is nearby. The ZIP Code is 95549.-Geography:...

. Company K, 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

The 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent its entire term of service in the western United States. Organized at San Francisco and Carson City September 2, 1861, to December 30, 1862 and attached to Department...

 was ordered to Camp Lyon

Fort Lyon

Fort Lyon, first named Fort Wise, was operated on the Colorado eastern plains until 1867. That year a new fort called Fort Lyon, and later Las Animas, Colorado, U.S. Naval Hospital and 5BN117, was built near the present-day town of Las Animas, Colorado. First named after Virginia governor Henry...

December, 1861, and served there until the fort was abandoned

With the abandonment of Fort Lyon, Fort Anderson took over its area of responsibility to meet that of Fort Baker.