He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Prestonburg, KY, on October 18, 1861 as a Captain. He raised one of the first companies of cavalry which were recruited at Prestonburg, KY. in September 1862. They were known as Captain Orville G. Camron's Company of Cavalry, Kentucky Volunteers, subsequently became Company A, 1st Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles. This company was organized in Eastern Kentucky during the winter of 1861-1862 and served in the Army of Eastern Kentucky and the Department of East Tennessee. The unit skirmished in Kentucky and Tennessee, then disbanded in August, 1863. Some of its members joined other Kentucky commands. Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel F. Clay, and Majors Benjamin F. Bradley and Orville G. Camron were in command. While acting as Aid-De-Camp, Major Camron requested to go into Kentucky to raise a battalion of infantry or cavalry on December 12, 1864.
Sometime after the Civil War, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He was a merchant, drayman and trader.
Sometime after the Civil War, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He was a merchant, drayman and trader.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Prestonburg, KY, on October 18, 1861 as a Captain. He raised one of the first companies of cavalry which were recruited at Prestonburg, KY. in September 1862. They were known as Captain Orville G. Camron's Company of Cavalry, Kentucky Volunteers, subsequently became Company A, 1st Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles. This company was organized in Eastern Kentucky during the winter of 1861-1862 and served in the Army of Eastern Kentucky and the Department of East Tennessee. The unit skirmished in Kentucky and Tennessee, then disbanded in August, 1863. Some of its members joined other Kentucky commands. Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel F. Clay, and Majors Benjamin F. Bradley and Orville G. Camron were in command. While acting as Aid-De-Camp, Major Camron requested to go into Kentucky to raise a battalion of infantry or cavalry on December 12, 1864.
Sometime after the Civil War, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He was a merchant, drayman and trader.
Sometime after the Civil War, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He was a merchant, drayman and trader.
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