Danville, KY, United States
First USCT Recruits at Camp Nelson. May 23, 1864, nearly 250 black men, most of them slaves, left Boyle Co. to march to Camp Nelson in Jessamine Co. to enlist in the Union army. On the way, some Danville citizens threw stones and shot pistols at the recruits. When they reached camp, Union Col. Andre
w Clark initially refused to accept them because no policy allowed for the recruitment of slaves. (Reverse) Although a few local slave owners tried to reclaim some of the men, the recruits were accept
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