Upload
armen
View
49
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
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 . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
Shedding Light on Undocumented Lives
Historic Archaeology at Camp Nelson
Primary Sources: Artifacts from Camp Nelson
Melted bottle glass fragments and burned square-cut nails Refugee Encampment, Camp Nelson
Melted glass medicine bottle fragment and melted rubber hair comb Refugee Encampment, Camp Nelson
Porcelain doll head, glass beads, and coins Refugee Encampment, Camp Nelson
Military coat, shirt, and underwear buttonsRefugee Encampment , Camp Nelson
Key to Button Types in Previous Slide
Primary Sources: The Freedom to Read
Photograph of Elijah P. Marrs
Muster and Descriptive Roll into the United States Colored Troops (USCT)for Elijah P. Marrs, September 26, 1864
Primary Sources: Observation and Inference
Blacksmiths and farriers shoeing a muleCamp Nelson around 1864
Primary Sources: Photography
Dormitories, cottages, tents, and hutsHome for Colored Refugees, Camp Nelson, 1865 (now known as Hall, Kentucky)
Cottages Home for Colored Refugees, Camp Nelson, 1865
Section of a photograph labeled“Barracks for Colored Troops, Camp Nelson, Ky.” around 1864
Primary Sources: Historic Maps
Map of Camp Nelson and Its Defenses by Lt. Col. James H. Simpson, 1864
Map of Camp Nelson, Showing the Location of Buildings by A. B. Miller, 1866
Primary Sources: Public Art
Photograph of the Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (gilded plaster cast, final version, 1900)
Photograph of The Three Servicemen by Frederick Hart (bronze, 1984)
Kentucky Archaeological Survey Jointly Administered by the Kentucky Heritage
Council (State Historic Preservation Office)and the University Of Kentucky Department Of
Anthropology
Funding Provided by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Consulting Archaeologist Dr. W. Stephen McBride
Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park Prepared by
Judy Sizemore and A. Gwynn Henderson2012