Description: TITLE: Camp Nelson, Kentucky: A Civil War History AUTHOR: Richard D. Sears PUBLISHER: University Press of Kentucky (2002). FORMAT: Hardcover CONDITION: VG hardcover/VG jacket. Jacket has faint shelf rubbing and a few wrinkled tips and corners. Spine straight. Binding tight. Gentle bumping to some spine tips and board corners. Pages clean, bright, unmarked. PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: Camp Nelson, Kentucky, was designed in 1863 as a military supply depot for the Union Army. Later it became one of the country's most important recruiting stations and training camps for black soldiers and Kentucky's chief center for issuing emancipation papers to former slaves. Richard D. Sears tells the story of the rise and fall of the camp through the shifting perspective of a changing cast of characters―teachers, civilians, missionaries such as the Reverend John G. Fee, and fleeing slaves and enlisted blacks who describe their pitiless treatment at the hands of slave owners and Confederate sympathizers. Sears fully documents the story of Camp Nelson through carefully selected military orders, letters, newspaper articles, and other correspondence, most inaccessible until now. His introduction provides a historical overview, and textual notes identify individuals and detail the course of events. SHIPPING: Item ships as is (no refunds, exchanges, or returns). Shipping is by USPS Media Mail.BOOK WILL BE CAREFULLY PACKAGED in a custom-sized cardboard book mailer for strong protection in transit.
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Publication Year: 2002
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Camp Nelson, Kentucky: A Civil War History
Author: Richard Sears
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Genre: History
Original Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Topic: African Americans, American History, Civil War
