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Nor must it be forgotten that the Shakers still, with great good sense, teach each boy and girl a trade, so as to fit them for earning a living. Pleasant Hill. The Pleasant Hill Society lies in Mercer County, seven miles from Harrodsburg, on the stage road to Nicholasville, and near the Kentucky River, which here presents some grand and magnificent scenery, deserving to be better known.
At that time, William Nelson, an officer of the navy, had been commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers, and had his camp at Dick Robinson, a few miles beyond the Kentucky River, south of Nicholasville; and Brigadier-General L. H. Rousseau had another camp at Jeffersonville, opposite Louisville.
Olympian Springs.-Second Ohio, Colonel Harris. Cynthiana, Kentucky.-Thirty-fifth Ohio, Colonel Vandever. Nicholasville, Kentucky.-Twenty-first Ohio, Colonel Norton; Thirty-eighth Ohio, Colonel Bradley. Big Hill.-Seventeenth Ohio, Colonel Connell. Colesburg.-Twenty-fourth Illinois, Colonel Hecker. Elizabethtown, Kentucky.-Nineteenth Illinois, Colonel Turchin.
Olympian Springs.-Second Ohio, Colonel Harris. Cynthiana, Kentucky.-Thirty-fifth Ohio, Colonel Vandever. Nicholasville, Kentucky.-Twenty-first Ohio, Colonel Norton; Thirty-eighth Ohio, Colonel Bradley. Big Hill.-Seventeenth Ohio, Colonel Connell. Colesburg.-Twenty-fourth Illinois, Colonel Hecker. Elizabethtown, Kentucky.-Nineteenth Illinois, Colonel Turchin.
The regiment reached Paris, Ky., April the 5th, camping in that vicinity a few days, and then moving to Nicholasville where the work of refitting was commenced. Major Gen. Stoneman commanding the cavalry in this department. Nothing of interest occurred here except that of sending companies into different counties to protect the Provost Marshals, while they were enrolling the negroes.
Thence we returned by way of Lexington to Nicholasville where we camped for a short time recuperating our men and horses. Moving to Camp Nelson, we were paid on the 3rd of July, to June 30th 1864.
Olympian Springs.-Second Ohio, Colonel Harris. Cynthiana, Kentucky.-Thirty-fifth Ohio, Colonel Vandever. Nicholasville, Kentucky.-Twenty-first Ohio, Colonel Norton; Thirty-eighth Ohio, Colonel Bradley. Big Hill.-Seventeenth Ohio, Colonel Connell. Colesburg.-Twenty-fourth Illinois, Colonel Hecker. Elizabethtown, Kentucky.-Nineteenth Illinois, Colonel Turchin.
Kentucky no doubt will cooperate, and through her legislature make the most judicious selection of a line. The northern terminus must connect with some existing railroad, and whether the route shall be from Lexington or Nicholasville to the Cumberland Gap, or from Lebanon to the Tennessee line, in the direction of Knoxville, or on some still different line, can easily be determined.
At that time, William Nelson, an officer of the navy, had been commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers, and had his camp at Dick Robinson, a few miles beyond the Kentucky River, south of Nicholasville; and Brigadier-General L. H. Rousseau had another camp at Jeffersonville, opposite Louisville.
He then wreaked his vengeance on him for resisting flogging him till he was not able to walk. They then put him on a horse, and came on with him ten miles to Nicholasville. When they entered the village, it was noticed that he sat upon his horse like a drunken man. It was a very hot day; and whilst they were taking some refreshment, the negro sat down upon the ground, under the shade.
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