Nelson, William

Life span

09/27/1824—09/29/1862

Life Summary

Full name

William Nelson

Place of Birth

Maysville, KY

Burial Place

Maysville, KY

Birth Date Certainty

Exact

Death Date Certainty

Exact

Gender

Male

Race

White

Sectional choice

North

Origins

Slave State

Occupation

Military

US military (Pre-Civil War)

Union Army

Date	Event
11/08/1861	In eastern Kentucky, Union forces drive back an attempted Confederate ambush at Ivy Mountain
11/09/1861	Union forces occupy Pikesville, Kentucky having driven Confederate forces from eastern Kentucky
02/23/1862	In Tennessee, Confederate forces evacuate Nashville, the state capital
02/25/1862	In Tennessee, Nashville becomes the first Confederate capital to fall to the Union
04/06/1862	Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing
04/07/1862	At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh

Author

Date	Title
10/17/1861	Gen. William Nelson's Proclamation and Offer of Amnesty in Kentucky, October 17, 1861
11/10/1861	Proclamation of Brigadier-General Nelson to his Troops, Pikesville, Kentucky, November 10, 1861