| LC control no. | nr 92041911 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Nelson, William, 1824-1862 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Jessamine County (Ky.) |
| Located | Maysville (Ky.) Garrard County (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1824-09-27 |
| Death date | 1862-09-29 |
| Place of birth | Maysville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Profession or occupation | United States. Army --Officers |
| Special note | Data provided by PAFC/PACSCL1 |
| Found in | Chase, S.P. Collection, 1824-1881 (William Nelson; b. 1825; d. 1862) NUCMC data from Rutherford B. Hayes Pres. Center for Charles B. Dennis collection, ca. 1915 (Gen. William Nelson; shot by Gen. Jefferson C. Davis) Union Army: v. 8 (Maj. Gen. William Nelson; 1825-1862; altercation in Louisville, Ky., in 1862 and shot by Gen. Jefferson C. Davis) Kentucky. General Assembly. Funeral obsequies of Major General William Nelson, 1863. Historical times illus. encyc. of the Civil War, 1986 (Nelson, William, of Ky.; soldier in Mexican War; brig. gen. in Civil War; b. Maysville, Ky. 27 Sept. 1824; d. 29 Sept. 1862) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 676 (William Nelson, a Civil War major general attended Maysville Boys Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy. Served in the Mexican War and was a naval officer at the outbreak of the Civil War. Established Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard Co., Kentucky. Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, Ky. was named in his honor in 1863.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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