Nelson Letter

ID: 2202
This file appears in: Battle of Ivy Mountain

This letter was written by William Nelson to John Blair Smith Todd about happenings in Kentucky just after the Civil War started. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Battle of Ivy Mountain

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #164 near Prestonsburg commemorates the Battle of Ivy Mountain, an early Union victory in the Civil War. The first year of the conflict brought several reverses to Union forces. …