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4 unusual facts about Camp Nelson


13th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry

The 13th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service at Camp Nelson on January 10, 1865.

47th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry

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.

49th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry

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

Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park in Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1-2 miles north of the National Cemetery.



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Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park

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