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The cemetery was created in 1863 as a place to bury Union soldiers who died while serving in and around Camp Nelson during the Civil War. The first cemetery was located near the camp hospital, and 379 people were buried there between June 1863 and July 1865. [6]
Location of Jessamine County in Kentucky. ... Camp Nelson National Cemetery: Camp Nelson National Cemetery. September 3, 1998 : 6890 Danville Rd. ...
Camp Nelson National Monument, formerly the Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, is a 525-acre (2.12 km 2) national monument, historical museum and park located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Lexington, Kentucky.
More than 10,000 either enlisted in the Civil War on the Union’s side or trained at Camp Nelson, which became a national monument in 2018. ... He is buried at African Cemetery #2 in Lexington ...
This is a list of Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) posts in Kentucky, United States.The G.A.R. Department of Kentucky was officially organized January 17, 1883. [1]Over 100,000 Kentuckians, including 23,703 African Americans, served in the Union Army or the Union Navy during the Civil War, compared to over 40,000 soldiers who served in Kentucky Confederate regiments. [2]
Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville, Jessamine County. Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville; NRHP-listed; Kenton County.
Camp Nelson National Monument in Jessamine County, Kentucky, highlights the Union Army camp that became a Civil War recruiting station for formerly enslaved Black soldiers who could earn their ...
The episode will focus on the events of Jan. 25, 1865, when 22 Civil War soldiers were ambushed by outlaws and killed, while 20 more were injured, during a cattle drive to Louisville.