Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park in Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1-2 miles north of the National Cemetery.
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.
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12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops, organized and sometimes stationed at Camp Nelson
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General Burnside confiscated the house during the war to serve as officers quarters.
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