Camp Drum refers to two US military facilities:
- A Civil War era military encampment active from 1862–1873 near Los Angeles; see Drum Barracks. The Drum Barracks Civil War Museum presently occupies part of the original camp.
- The present Fort Drum near Watertown, New York, which was named Camp Drum from 1951–1973.
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