later. On June 12, 1863, authorities honored the victim by naming the new supply depot in Jessamine County, Kentucky, Camp Nelson. Two months later, an escort detail removed the remains from Cave Hill Cemetery to Camp Dick Robinson. On March 8, 1872, the family plot at Maysville Cemetery became Nelson's final resting place. Today, his memory is honored by Camp Nelson National Cemetery. As a result of the event, Davis was never raised from brigadier general to the rank of major general in the regular Army although he held the rank by brevet. After the Civil War, he returned to his permanent rank of colonel. Davis continued in military service until his death. He was the first military governor of Alaska after its purchase. He died in Chicago in 1879, still with the rank of colonel. He stated before his death that it was because of Nelson he never saw promotion beyond colonel. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Blockade of Africa Louisville in the American Civil War Notes References Sources Clark, Donald A. The Notorious "Bull" Nelson: Murdered Civil War General. Carbondale, Il: Southern Illinois University Press, 2011. Ellis, A. [Anderson] N. [Nelson]"Sketch of William Nelson," The Biographical Cyclopaedia and Portrait Gallery with an Historical Sketch of the State of Ohio 6 vols. (Cincinnati: Western Biographical Publishing Co., 1894). Griese, Arthur A. "A Louisville Tragedy – 1862." Filson Club History Quarterly 26 (April 1952): 133–154. Hannaford E, The Story of A Regiment (Cincinnati, Private Printing, 1868). Stevenson, Daniel, "General Nelson, Kentucky, and Lincoln Guns," The Magazine of American History 10 (August 1883). Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . External links National Park Service Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park Shiloh National Military Park 1824 births 1862 deaths 1862 murders in the United States United States Navy officers Louisville, Kentucky, in the American Civil War Deaths by firearm in Kentucky People of Kentucky in the American Civil War Union Army generals People murdered in Kentucky People from Maysville, Kentucky American murder victims Male murder victims