hello my name is park ranger Steve fan
from Camp Nelson National monument and
welcome to Civil War 160th in 60. on
this day March 16 1863 Major General
Ambrose Burnside the former commander of
the army of the Potomac will be placed
in command of the Department of the Ohio
consisting of the states of Illinois
Indiana Michigan Ohio and all of
Kentucky east of the Tennessee River
General Burnside will be joined by two
divisions of the ninth Corps who will be
sent from Virginia to Kentucky General
Burnside will make his headquarters that
summer in Cincinnati
in April of that year General Burnside
will authorize the establishment of a
massive Supply Depot in Central kentucky
which will fill the U.S army offensive
into East Tennessee to liberate
unionists who are under Confederate
occupation it is called Camp Nelson in
August General Burnside travels from
Ohio to Kentucky to personally lead the
Army from Camp Nelson into East
Tennessee