138 Camp Dick RD N Lancaster, KY 40444; On Camp Dick Rd N, north of the NE corner of Camp Dick Rd N and Kentucky Highway 34 (Old Lexington Rd).
Major General William Nelson was authorized by President Lincoln to establish, Aug. 1861, first camp south of Ohio River for recruitment of federal troops in Civil War. Named for Richard M. Robinson, a Union supporter, who offered house and farm as campsite. Noted stagecoach stop, the house was also Nelson's headquarters. Camp later moved to Camp Nelson in Jessamine County.