Camp Nelson, Kentucky : a Civil War history

Camp Nelson, Kentucky : a Civil War history / Richard D. Sears.

Author/creator	Sears, Richard D., 1940-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2002.
Description	lxxxiii, 401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	African American soldiers--Kentucky --History --19th century --Sources. Freed persons--Kentucky --History --19th century --Sources. Antislavery movements--Kentucky --History --19th century --Sources. Camp Nelson (Ky.)--History. Kentucky--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --African Americans. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --African Americans. Kentucky--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Refugees. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Refugees. Kentucky--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Sources. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Sources.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-379) and index.
LCCN	2001007631
ISBN	0813122465 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F459.C35 S43 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold