Camp Nelson National Monument: More Than An Army Outpost
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As the Civil War raged in the mid-1860s, a bucolic pocket of Kentucky stood out as a beacon of freedom for enslaved men and women, though it proved elusive as the nation struggled over what was morally right.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 2nd, 2023 2:30am