Thanks, Tonya. Do you know if there is any way to tell what unit a soldier was in if he mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson? Gerri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tonya Archey" <tonya.archey@wku.edu> To: <tnfentre@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] KY Civil War Camp--Camp Dick Robinson >I believe that's Lancaster, KY in Garrard County. Here's some info > from the KY Historical Society site: > > Camp Nelson > (Marker Number: 1515) > > County: Jessamine > Location: In park at Camp Nelson, US 27 > > Description: Named for Major General William Nelson, who established > first Union recruiting center south of Ohio River, 1861. Original > camp, Garrard Co., called Camp Dick Robinson. For better protection > from invading CSA armies of Tenn., camp moved to Jessamine side of Ky. > River. Major General George H. Thomas renamed it Camp Nelson. Occupied > until end of war; now U.S. military cem. Over. > > (Reverse) Maj. Gen. William Nelson - A navy lieutenant when he founded > Camp Dick Robinson, Gen. Nelson was the only naval officer, CSA or > USA, to become full-rank Civil War major general. He persuaded Lincoln > to abandon "hands off" policy in Ky. and to supply 5,000 guns to Union > supporters. Killed by fellow Union officer, Jeff C. Davis, in personal > dispute at Galt House in Louisville, September 29, 1862. > > http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=57 > > Tonya > > > > > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:36:41 -0400 > "Gerri Goodwin" <gerrigoodwin@cox.net> wrote: >> Does anyone know where in KY Camp Dick Robinson was located? >> Gerri >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >