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Kentucky Family History Along the Byways–Civil War By Don Rightmyer Editor, Kentucky Ancestors In the Summer 2008 Kentucky Ancestors, the article “Family History Along the Roadside: Kentucky’s Historical Highway Markers” provided an overview of the Kentucky historical marker program and how the markers can be of use in Kentucky family-history research. 1 This article will take a few examples of various historical markers located throughout Kentucky and explain how they can help flesh out your Kentucky family history during the Civil War period. 2 There are two historical markers in Garrard and Jessamine counties, respectively, which commemorate the sites of significant events in the recruiting, training, and equipping of men to serve during the Civil War. Camp Dick Robinson, located in northern Garrard County, was the site of the first army training camp in Kentucky during the Civil War period, organized in 1861. 3 The first commander of the recruiting and training camp was Brigadier General William “Bull” Nelson, a native Kentuckian and former U.S. Navy lieutenant. Like many Civil War training camps, Camp Dick Robinson saw a large number of the men who went there become sick. Union Colonel Thomas E. Bramlette (later Kentucky governor, 1863-67) 4 became so frustrated with the illness and loss of men that he “severely reprimanded the men of his regiment for not having had the measles while they were children.” 5 Some of the men who passed through the area of Camp Dick Robinson during those early days of the Civil War would go on to achieve great national recognition—George H. Thomas, William T. 52 | Kentucky Ancestors Sherman, and Andrew Johnson, just to name a few. [Example of Kentucky historical marker information from KHS database.] Camp Dick Robinson Marker 1750 Number County Garrard Location US 27, just SE of Jct. with KY 34 Description Major General William Nelson was authorized by President Lincoln to establish, Aug. 1861, first camp south of Ohio River for recruitment of federal troops in Civil War. Named for Richard M. Robinson, a Union supporter, who offered house and farm as campsite. Noted stagecoach stop, the house was also Nelson’s headquarters. Camp later moved to Camp Nelson in Jessamine County. Camp Nelson Marker Number 1515 County Jessamine Location In park at Camp Nelson, US 27
Description Named for Major General William Nelson, who established first Union recruiting center south of Ohio River, 1861. Original camp, Garrard Co., called Camp Dick Robinson. For better protection from invading CSA armies of Tenn., camp moved to Jessamine side of Ky. River. Major General George H. Thomas renamed it Camp Nelson. Occupied until end of war; now U.S. military cem. Over. (Reverse) Maj. Gen. William Nelson - A navy lieutenant when he founded Camp Dick Robinson, Gen. Nelson was the only naval officer, CSA or USA, to become full-rank Civil War major general. He persuaded Lincoln to abandon “hands off” policy in Ky. and to supply 5,000 guns to Union supporters. Killed by fellow Union officer, Jeff C. Davis, in personal dispute at Galt House in Louisville, September 29, 1862. Later during the war, Camp Nelson would be opened further north along the same Lexington- Lancaster road on the bank of the Kentucky River. Named for slain Gen. Nelson, the camp began as a logistics hub for the supply and equipping of the Union army campaign into East Tennessee under General Ambrose Burnside, but its most significant Civil War contribution came as the site where the largest number of black men, free and slave, were brought into the ranks of the Union army in Kentucky during the last year of the war. 6 In far western Kentucky, another Kentucky historical marker designates the area where a significant Confederate training camp was located in the early days of the war. The marker text notes that the camp served as a “training base for Confederate troops from six states, 1861-62.” 7 Historical marker, Camp Dick Robinson (Garrard County), Kentucky (KHS) Historical marker, Camp Nelson (Jessamine County), Kentucky (KHS) Camp Beauregard, named for the Confederate commander in Charleston, South Carolina, during the bombardment of Ft. Sumter, C.S.A. General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, was also the site of major disease outbreaks which led to serious illness and even the deaths of many of the men who had joined the army. Autumn 2010 | 53
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