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The Boys From Camp Calhoun

Author Don Wilson spent countless hours researching the stories of the soldiers who passed through Camp Calhoun in Kentucky. Wilson grew up on the banks of the Green River at the foot of Camp Calhoun. He came to understand why trenches were dug and military artifacts were found near his house. The first battle in Kentucky was launched from this hillside where Union Gen. Thomas Crittenden’s 200–400 men 3rd Calvary, met Nathan Bedford Forrest's southern cavalry of 800+ at Sacramento, Kentucky. The Union lost 13 killed, and Forrest's cavalry lost many more. It was only a few days later that the Boys from Calhoun found themselves in all the major battles in Grant's western campaign.

The significance of Camp Calhoun became so important to Wilson that he took it upon himself to clean up the Union Civil War cemetery of the overgrown thicket. He worked hard to restore the site but died of brain cancer in 2015 before it was completed. Don set over 140 tombstones out of 600 in concrete. It remains that way today.

Don Wilson wanted his book published. After ten years, his family asked his brother, Harold Wilson, to pick up the pieces and now “The Boys from Camp Calhoun" has been published and is available for readers