Camp Nelson Interpretive Center

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Camp Nelson Interpretive Center

Today Camp Nelson provides its visitors with an excellent interpretive center that features an introductory video, museum exhibits, and archaeological displays. Photograph courtesy of Whitney Todd.

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By Sanders
Two historical markers--#1515 and #2222---commemorate Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, where most of the state's United States Colored Troops were recruited during the Civil War. Established near Nicholasville in 1863, Camp Nelson was named…