The 13th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service at Camp Nelson on January 10, 1865.
The 47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 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 49th Kentucky Mounted Infantry was organized at Camp Nelson and mustered in for one year on September 19, 1863 under the command of Colonel John G. Eve.
Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park in Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1-2 miles north of the National Cemetery.
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When Union Major General Ambrose Burnside attacked the Cumberland Gap and Knoxville, Tennessee, Camp Nelson's distance from the Gap and Knoxville, combined with lack of railroads and the weather, hampered the Union advance.
12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops, organized and sometimes stationed at Camp Nelson