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Camp Nelson Restoration and Preservation Foundation is created to assist preservation efforts (local and regional citizens, some descendants of CANE soldiers, Black and white

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.

Archaeological excavations of the former Home for Colored Refugees at Camp Nelson takes place, led by University of Kentucky.

The Colored Soldiers Monument at Green Hill Cemetery is one of 61 different monuments related to Kentucky’s Civil War history to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Nicholasville Confederate Memorial is another.

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.

Camp Nelson National Cemetery is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

12th USCHA (Reactivated) established

Another archaeological survey of Camp Nelson uncovers refugee encampment site between former locations of Bakery and commissary and QM warehouses.

Camp Nelson is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park is officially opened.

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