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Jerry Pillarelli | profile | all galleries >> Travel and Nature; Sites by State >> US Travel; by Trip, by State >> Kentucky >> Camp Nelson National Monument – Kentucky tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Camp Nelson National Monument – Kentucky

Images of Camp Nelson National Monument – Kentucky, taken in July 2024.

Built as a Army supply depot, Camp Nelson later became a recruitment center for the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) and then a refugee camp for people, black and white, displaced during the Civil War. Unfortunately, black refugees, including families of USCT soldiers were forcibly removed from the camp at least eight times, the last, in November of 1864, included removing over 400 people during a winter storm. More than 100, mostly women and children died, resulting in the Army building the “Home for Colored Refugees” complex.

Camp Nelson National Monument was created in 2018.
The front of the White House, commander quarters, in Camp Nelson NM
The front of the White House, commander quarters, in Camp Nelson NM 		Cannon near the White House in Camp Nelson NM
Cannon near the White House in Camp Nelson NM		 Water pump at the White House in Camp Nelson NM
Water pump at the White House in Camp Nelson NM		 Rear view of the White House in Camp Nelson NM
Rear view of the White House in Camp Nelson NM		 Earthen fortification of Fort Jackson in Camp Nelson NM
Earthen fortification of Fort Jackson in Camp Nelson NM
Reconstructed barracks in Camp Nelson NM
Reconstructed barracks in Camp Nelson NM		 Interior of the reconstructed barracks in Camp Nelson NM
Interior of the reconstructed barracks in Camp Nelson NM		 Mass Graveyard No. 1 monument in Camp Nelson NM
Mass Graveyard No. 1 monument in Camp Nelson NM		 Rebuilt interior of the US Colored Troops (USCT) barracks in Camp Nelson NM
Rebuilt interior of the US Colored Troops (USCT) barracks in Camp Nelson NM		 Fence in a field in Camp Nelson NM
Fence in a field in Camp Nelson NM
Army depot stocks in Camp Nelson NM
Army depot stocks in Camp Nelson NM		 Fort Putnam earthen fortification in Camp Nelson NM
Fort Putnam earthen fortification in Camp Nelson NM		 Cannon port at Fort Putnam in Camp Nelson NM
Cannon port at Fort Putnam in Camp Nelson NM		 Interior view of the Fort Putnam earthen fortification in Camp Nelson NM
Interior view of the Fort Putnam earthen fortification in Camp Nelson NM		 Fort Putnam earthen fortification in Camp Nelson NM
Fort Putnam earthen fortification in Camp Nelson NM
Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Camp Nelson NM
Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Camp Nelson NM		 Headstones at the Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Camp Nelson NM
Headstones at the Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Camp Nelson NM		 Fee Memorial Church and refugee school in Camp Nelson NM
Fee Memorial Church and refugee school in Camp Nelson NM		 Interior of the Fee Memorial Church and refugee school in Camp Nelson NM
Interior of the Fee Memorial Church and refugee school in Camp Nelson NM		 Front of the Fee Memorial Church and refugee school in Camp Nelson NM
Front of the Fee Memorial Church and refugee school in Camp Nelson NM

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