1st Kentucky Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• October 19, 1861 - Organized
• March 2, 1863 - 3rd Kentucky Cavalry merged into this unit
• March 9, 1863 - Skirmish on Elk River, near Bethel
• June-July 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
• June 24, 1863 - Hoover's Gap
• July 2-26, 1863 - Morgan's Ohio Raid
• July 1863 - Regiment captured during Morgan's Ohio raid

DESIGNATIONS

• October 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Buckner's Division / Cavalry
• February-March 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Reserve / Breckinridge's Brigade
• July 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Brigade
• September-November 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade
• November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / Morgan's Cavalry Brigade
• December 1862-March 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Morgan's Cavalry Division / Buford's Brigade
• March-July 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Wharton's Division / 2nd Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Benjamin H. Helm (Colonel)
• J. Russell Butler (Colonel)
• John W. Caldwell (Major)
• Nathaniel R. Chambliss (Major)
• Jacob W. Griffith (Lieutenant Colonel)
• H.C. Leavell (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Thomas G. Woodward (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Davis, William C., Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
• Dyer, John Will, Or Four Years in the Confederate Army, A History of the Experiences of the Private Soldier in Camp, Hospital, Prison, and on the Battlefield, 1861-1865
• 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 11, 16)