Sears, Richard D.,  1940- <br/><br/>
Camp Nelson, Kentucky :  a Civil War history / 
Richard D. Sears. 
 - Lexington :  University Press of Kentucky,  (c)2002. 
 - 1 online resource (lxxxiii, 401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The establishment of Camp Nelson and the invasion of East Tennessee --  Black recruitment --  Soldiers, missionaries, refugees --  The expulsion --  The refugee home --  Administrative troubles and the Belle Mitchell Incident --  Closing the camp --  Claiming the remains. 
<br/><br/> 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 -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813149523 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American soldiers--History--Kentucky--19th century--Sources.<br/>Freed persons--History--Kentucky--19th century--Sources.<br/>Antislavery movements--History--Kentucky--19th century--Sources.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F459  / .C367 2002