Camp Nelson

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Camp Nelson

John G. Fee helped educate the African American soldiers and their families at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County during the Civil War. Courtesy of Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park.

This file appears in: John Gregg Fee

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2076 in Bracken County commemorates abolitionist John Gregg Fee. Born in 1816, Fee was the son of a Bracken County slaveholder. Educated at Augusta Academy, Miami University, and Lane Seminary in nearby Cincinnati, Fee began…