Camp Conversations

Camp Conversations Interviews at Camp Nelson National Monument

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Camp Conversations provides an overview of the Winter Lecture Series presentations at Camp Nelson National Monument. The presentations are delivered in-person at the park and Jessamine County Public Library. The interviews are recorded following the lectures. Park Ranger Steve T. Phan conversates with special guests to highlight the major themes and stories.

 

Duration:

36 minutes, 4 seconds

In his biography of US Army General Stephen G. Burbridge, Dr. Brad Asher explores how Burbridge earned his infamous reputation and illuminates how Burbridge—as both a Kentuckian and the local architect of the destruction of slavery—became the scapegoat for white Kentuckians, including many in the Unionist political elite, who were unshakably opposed to emancipation.

 

Duration:

33 minutes, 53 seconds

Historian Stuart Sanders, Director of Research and Collections at the Kentucky Historical Society, examines US Army General William "Bull" Nelson’s important role during the secession crisis, his arrest of pro-Confederate civilians, early military victories, and how he became a controversial before his murder by a subordinate officer in September 1862. The US Army named Camp Nelson in his honor in June 1863.

 

Duration:

42 minutes, 3 seconds

In The Families’ Civil War, Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. provides a compelling account of the lives of African American soldiers and their entire families, but also argues that the Civil War was but one engagement in a longer war for racial justice. By 1863 the Civil War provided African American Philadelphians with the ability to expand the theater of war beyond their metropolitan and racially oppressive city into the South to defeat Confederates and end slavery as armed combatants.

 

Duration:

51 minutes, 4 seconds

Historian William Marvel speaks about the life and work of US Army General Ambrose Burnside. Marvel, who authored the definitive modern biography of Burnside, challenges arguments made against Burnside's legacy by contextualizing the political quagmire of army command, and exploring the circumstances that shaped his decision-making. General Burnside authorized the establishment of Camp Nelson and later led the Army of the Ohio from here into East Tennessee in 1863.

 

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