Camp Dick Robinson
| Camp Dick Robinson Headquarters | |
| Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Nearest city: | Lancaster, Kentucky |
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| Area: | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built: | 1850 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 76000888 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP: | December 12, 1976 |
| Removed from NRHP: | December 7, 1990 |
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 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.
Read more about Camp Dick Robinson: Background, Hoskins Crossroads, Camp Dick Robinson, Change of Command, Second Phase, After The Civil War, Present
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