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Event: Battle of New Bern

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Event: Battle of New Bern

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Event: Battle of Perryville is a tactical US victory that ended the Confederate invasion of Kentucky. It was the largest battle fought in Kentucky during the war.

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Event: Berea College, initially established in 1855, is reopened as the Berea Literary Institute by Rev. John G. Fee and colleagues with whom he had worked at Camp Nelson. Among the new students enrolled are Black soldiers recruited at Camp Nelson and recently mustered out of the army.

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Event: Between 1972 and 1977, Father Ralph Beiting of the Christian Appalachian Project works to revitalize the Camp Nelson area into an historic tourist destination. His efforts include the transformation of an old distillery building into a space to exhibit research carried out at the National Archives, and the installation of a ski lift to connect the area with Fort Bramlett. The project is abandoned following severe storms and consequent flooding.

View the items in Event: Between 1972 and 1977, Father Ralph Beiting of the Christian Appalachian Project works to revitalize the Camp Nelson area into an historic tourist destination. His efforts include the transformation of an old distillery building into a space to exhibit research carried out at the National Archives, and the installation of a ski lift to connect the area with Fort Bramlett. The project is abandoned following severe storms and consequent flooding.

Event: Between 1992-2001, 500 acres of former Camp Nelson land is purchased by Jessamine County and the efforts to establish Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park begin.

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Event: Black refugees are first expelled from Camp Nelson. The US Army forcibly removed Black refugees on eight separate occasions through November 1864.

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Event: Breonna Taylor shot and killed by armed police in her home, during a drugs investigation raid in Louisville, KY.

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Event: Camp Dick Robinson is established by General William “Bull” Nelson in nearby Garrard County as the first US Army enlistment center in Kentucky.

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Event: Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park is established by the Jessamine County Fiscal Court, using local, State, and federal funds to preserve land, construct a visitor center and replica barracks, reconstruct a fort, and create a network of walking trails.

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