15th Kentucky Cavalry
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- Also referred to as the (Woodward's) 2nd Kentucky Cavalry
- April 7, 1862 - Organized
- Company H was a Louisiana company
- September 6, 1862 - Skirmish at New Providence
- September 7, 1862 - Skirmish at Riggin's Hill
- December 15, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Forrest's West Tennessee Raid
- March 5, 1863 - Thompson's Station
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- November 27, 1863 - Taylor's Ridge
- December 27, 1863 - Charleston
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8, 1864 - Dug Gap
- May 9, 1864 - Sugar Valley
- May 9-10, 1864 - Snake Creek Gap
- May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
- May 19-22, 1864 - Cassville
- May 20, 1864 - Cartersville
- May 30, 1864 - Allatoona
- June 1, 1864 - Marietta
- June 10, 1864 - Rosswell's Ferry
- June 21, 1864 - Noonday Creek
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 3, 1864 - Jug Tavern
- August 24, 1864 - Strawberry Plains
- October 2, 1864 - Saltville
- November-December 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- February 16-17, 1865 - Columbia
- March 9-10, 1865 - Monroe's Crossroads
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- May 10, 1865 - Surrendered at Washington, Georgia
DESIGNATIONS
- November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Unattached [Company D]
- March 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps / Martin's Division / Cosby's Brigade
- July-August 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Division / Dibrell's/Armstrong's Brigade
- August-October 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Armstrong's Division / Armstrong's/Wheeler's Brigade
- October 1863-July 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Kelly's Division / Grigsby's Brigade
- July-August 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Grigsby's/Williams' Brigade
- August-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Kelly's/Dibrell's Division / Williams' Brigade
- November 1864-January 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes'/Dibrell's Division / Williams'/Breckinridge's Brigade
- January-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- February 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Kentucky Brigade
- February-April 1865 - Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes'/Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- April-May 1865 - President Davis' Escort / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Thomas G. Woodward (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Thomas W. Lewis (Major)
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Notes
Sources
- 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 15, 26-27)