During this period the regiment was based at Camp Patten, believed to be located along the Cumberland River two to four miles northwest of Cumberland Ford, Kentucky. Cpl Theodore Wolbach talks about the time:

Good water and wood was plenty here and as the spring gradually opened and the weather became less rigorous the boys found that aside from the severe drilling there was some pleasure afforded to their soldier life, not the least of which was the privilege of bathing in the clear waters of the Cumberland. While here some of our soldiers were detailed to assist in drilling the raw Tennessee Regiments encamped at Flat Lick. The son of Parson Brownlow, was at this time a first Lieutenant in one of these organizations.

Period map showing the approximate location of the 16th Ohio's new camp, Camp Patten, below Cumberland Ford, Kentucky.

image from Library of Congress