place

Camp Dick Robinson

1861 establishments in KentuckyAmerican Civil War army postsAmerican Civil War on the National Register of Historic PlacesKentucky in the American Civil WarNational Register of Historic Places in Garrard County, Kentucky
Camp Dick Robinson
Camp Dick Robinson

In mid-May 1861, U. S. Navy lieutenant William "Bull" Nelson armed Kentuckians loyal to the Union and that soon became the foundation for his receiving authority to enlist 10,000 troops for a campaign into East Tennessee. On August 6, 1861, those recruits marched into Camp Dick Robinson, making it the first Federal base south of the Ohio River. For Col. George C. Kniffen, "the wisdom of President Lincoln commissioning . . . Nelson to organize a military force on the [neutral] soil of Kentucky" prevented making the state a "battle ground for many months" and it thereby changed the whole direction of the war. In 1864, Salmon P. Chase declared in a speech at Louisville "when Kentucky faltered, hesitated" in the early stages of the Civil War, that undecided "status was settled by WILLIAM NELSON, at Camp Dick Robinson." Six years later, Indiana Senator Daniel D. Pratt reported to the U. S. Senate that Camp Dick Robinson "was one of the most noted military encampments of the war. . . . From its admirable locality and advantages, it was almost indispensable for the successful operations of the" Civil War.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Camp Dick Robinson (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Camp Dick Robinson
Camp Dick Road,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Camp Dick RobinsonContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 37.689444444444 ° E -84.659166666667 °
placeShow on map

Address

Camp Dick Road

Camp Dick Road
40410
Kentucky, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

Camp Dick Robinson
Camp Dick Robinson
Share experience

Nearby Places