Clues to why Camp Garber is named Garber may help us find the exact location- is it named after a property owner, a geographical feature, a soldier, or the future baby food company? All speculation is appreciated.

"Our first camp was on high ground and well laid out with a large street between each row of tents (Sibley's)."

"Camp Garber is about one mile northwest of Flat Lick, on the main road leading from Barboursville to Cumberland Gap."
-pg 19 "History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry" W. R. Carter
https://archive.org/details/firstregiment00cartrich

The 4th Regiment of the Tennessee Infantry stayed here from early April to May 1862, and some soldiers died of illness.
During this time they were known as the 4th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. They did not become the 1st Tennessee Cavalry until December, 1862.

1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, USA
Originally was the 4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment.
Organized at Camp Garber, Flat Lick, KY in April, 1862: mustered out at Nashville, TN, April and June 1865. Men from Bradley, Cocke, Knox, Union, Grainger, Jefferson, Greene, Hawkins and Hancock, counties. (& Madison Co., NC)
Colonels: Robert Johnson and James P. Brownlow

There is a marker 8 mi. S. of Barbourville at Flat Lick, US 25-E, Knox Co. marker 1600
This is the reverse side of the marker.
http://archive.is/t71d#selection-1959.4-2059.6
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
FLAT LICK, KENTUCKY
On path of Gen. Felix Zollicoffer
when he took Barbourville, Sept.
19, 1861, one of first Civil War
skirmishes in Kentucky. Union Gen.
G. W. Morgan had sick camp here,
1862. In Aug. Gen. Kirby Smith
captured Pineville, Barbourville
and Flat Lick, cutting off Morgan's
forces at Cumberland Gap. In Sept
Morgan escaped along Warrior's Path
to here， Manchester and on to Ohio.
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http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/statewide/military/civilwar/rosters/ucod1sttn337nmt.txt