12th Kentucky Cavalry
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- Also referred to as the 1st Kentucky and Tennessee Mounted Rifles
- April 1863 - Organization begun at Tupelo, Mississippi
- June 17, 1863 - Near Commerce
- July 19, 1863 - On the Coldwater River
- September 15, 1863 - Organization completed
- February 22, 1864 - Okolona
- June 10, 1864 - Brice's Crossroads
- July 14, 1864 - Tupelo
- September-October 1864 - Forrest's Middle Tennessee Raid
- November 29, 1864 - Spring Hill
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- Early 1865 - Field consolidation with the 8th Kentucky Infantry (Mounted)[1] and (Sypert's) Kentucky Cavalry
- March 22-April 24, 1865 - Wilson's Raid
- April 2, 1865 - Selma
- May 10, 1865 - Surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama
DESIGNATIONS
- May-June 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 5th Military District / Slemons' Brigade [battalion]
- January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Chalmers' Division / McCulloch's Brigade
- January 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Chalmers' Division / McCulloch's Brigade
- February-November 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Thompson's/Crossland's/Lyon's Brigade
- February-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Lyon's/Crossland's Brigade
- February-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Crossland's Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William W. Faulkner (Colonel)
- William D. Lannom (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John M. Malone (Major)
- Thomas S. Tate (Jr.) (Major)
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Notes
- ↑ Originally printed Infantry Regiment (Mounted)
Sources
- George, Henry, of the 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 12th Kentucky, C.S.A
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 12, 23, 30, 123)