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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. The American Civil War era camp was established in 1863 as a depot for the Union ...
It does not apply to Kentucky, which had not joined the Confederacy. April 1863: Camp Nelson is established as a U.S. Army depot logistics center for the Western Theater of the Civil War. Enslaved ...
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. Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp ...
Camp Nelson, Kentucky: a Civil War History, by Richard D. Sears, 2002 The United States Army and Reconstruction, 1865–1877, by James E. Sefton, 1967 The Petersburg Campaign: June 1864-April 1865, John Horn, 1999
The 49th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Nelson and mustered in for one year on September 19, 1863, under the command of Colonel John G. Eve. . The regiment was attached to District of Somerset, Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to January 1864.
Kentucky is rich in history, especially surrounding the Civil War, and monuments around the commonwealth make it fun to learn. ... Wednesday-Sunday; Camp Nelson National Monument open sunrise to ...
The 12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops was organized on July 15, 1864, at Camp Nelson. Until January 1865 it was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio. It was then attached to the Military District of Kentucky and Dept. of Kentucky, to April, 1866.
The 47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Nelson and Irvine, Kentucky, mustered in for one year in January 1864 under the command of Colonel Andrew H. Clark. The regiment was attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to January 1864.