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Camp Nelson, Kentucky: A Civil War History

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Camp Nelson, Kentucky, was designed in 1863 as a military supply depot for the Union Army. Later it became one of the country's most important recruiting stations and training camps for black soldiers and Kentucky's chief center for issuing emancipation papers to former slaves. Richard D. Sears tells the story of the rise and fall of the camp through the shifting perspective of a changing cast of characters—teachers, civilians, missionaries such as the Reverend John G. Fee, and fleeing slaves and enlisted blacks who describe their pitiless treatment at the hands of slave owners and Confederate sympathizers. Sears fully documents the story of Camp Nelson through carefully selected military orders, letters, newspaper articles, and other correspondence, most inaccessible until now. His introduction provides a historical overview, and textual notes identify individuals and detail the course of events.

ISBN-13: 9780813122465

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Publication Date: 09-27-2002

Pages: 488

Product Dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.40(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Sources ix
Coverage and Principles of Selection xi
Forms of Documents xii
Editorial Method xiv
Acknowledgments xvii
Historical Introduction ixx
Notes to Introduction lxv
Abbreviations lxxxi
1. The Establishment of Camp Nelson and the Invasion of East Tennessee 1
2. Black Recruitment 54
3. Soldiers, Missionaries, Refugees 97
4. The Expulsion 134
5. The Refugee Home 182
6. Administrative Troubles and the Belle Mitchell Incident 229
7. Closing the Camp 274
8. Claiming the Remains 329
Afterword 375
Select Bibliography 377
Index 381