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Shedding Light on Undocumented Lives

Historic Archaeology at Camp Nelson. Shedding Light on Undocumented Lives. Primary Sources: Artifacts from Camp Nelson. Melted bottle glass fragments and burned square-cut nails Refugee Encampment, Camp Nelson .

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Shedding Light on Undocumented Lives

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  1. Historic Archaeology at Camp Nelson Shedding Light on Undocumented Lives

  2. Primary Sources: Artifacts from Camp Nelson

  3. Melted bottle glass fragments and burned square-cut nails Refugee Encampment, Camp Nelson

  4. Melted glass medicine bottle fragment and melted rubber hair comb Refugee Encampment, Camp Nelson

  5. Porcelain doll head, glass beads, and coins Refugee Encampment, Camp Nelson

  6. Military coat, shirt, and underwear buttonsRefugee Encampment , Camp Nelson

  7. Key to Button Types in Previous Slide

  8. Primary Sources: The Freedom to Read

  9. Photograph of Elijah P. Marrs

  10. Muster and Descriptive Roll into the United States Colored Troops (USCT)for Elijah P. Marrs, September 26, 1864

  11. Primary Sources: Observation and Inference

  12. Blacksmiths and farriers shoeing a muleCamp Nelson around 1864

  13. Primary Sources: Photography

  14. Dormitories, cottages, tents, and hutsHome for Colored Refugees, Camp Nelson, 1865 (now known as Hall, Kentucky)

  15. Cottages Home for Colored Refugees, Camp Nelson, 1865

  16. Section of a photograph labeled“Barracks for Colored Troops, Camp Nelson, Ky.” around 1864

  17. Primary Sources: Historic Maps

  18. Map of Camp Nelson and Its Defenses by Lt. Col. James H. Simpson, 1864

  19. Map of Camp Nelson, Showing the Location of Buildings by A. B. Miller, 1866

  20. Primary Sources: Public Art

  21. Photograph of the Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (gilded plaster cast, final version, 1900)

  22. Photograph of The Three Servicemen by Frederick Hart (bronze, 1984)

  23. Kentucky Archaeological Survey Jointly Administered by the Kentucky Heritage Council (State Historic Preservation Office)and the University Of Kentucky Department Of AnthropologyFunding Provided by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Consulting Archaeologist Dr. W. Stephen McBrideCamp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park Prepared byJudy Sizemore and A. Gwynn Henderson2012

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