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Major-General William Nelson.
Photographer: Internet Archive
Caption: Major-General William Nelson.
Additional Description: On the morning of Sept. 29th, 1862, General Nelson had an altercation with General Jefferson C. Davis in the Galt House, Louisville. General Davis shot General Nelson, who died almost instantly.--Editors.

From Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel, 1887, Vol. 1, Page 376.
Submitted: February 28, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p571039
File Size: 6.742 Megabytes

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