This episode of The Wabash Inn Mess features guest Bob Bell, historian and re-enactor, a member of the 12th USCT Heavy Artillery living history group. Bob shares with us the story of the United States Colored Troops and the legacy they formed at Camp Nelson, KY.

Bob takes us through the origins of Camp Nelson, it's service as a supply and training depot for numerous USCT regiments, as well as it's accommodation as a refugee camp for those fleeing enslavement and retribution from sectional rivalry.

More can be learned about the USCT and Camp Nelson at the following links:

https://www.nps.gov/cane/index.htm

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/united-states-colored-troops

https://afroamcivilwar.org/united-states-colored-troops-history/