3rd Kentucky Mounted Rifle Battalion
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- Also referred to as (Clay's) 1st Kentucky Mounted Rifles
- November 29, 1862 - Organized with 6 companies
- December 20, 1862-January 5, 1863 - Carter's East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Raid
- June 4, 1863 - Skirmish at Snow Hill
- June 13-23, 1863 - Everett's Raid into Eastern Kentucky
- September-October 1863 - Wheeler's Sequatchie Raid
- April 12, 1865 - Disbanded at Christianburg, Virginia by Brigadier General John Echols, commanding the Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee
DESIGNATIONS
- November 1862-January 1863 - Department of Southwestern Virginia / District of Abingdon
- January-July 1863 - Department of East Tennessee / District of Abingdon
- July-August 1863 - Department of Tennessee / Army of East Tennessee / Preston's Brigade
- October-November 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Armstrong's Division / Tyler's Brigade
- November 1863-January 1864 - Department of East Tennessee / Wheeler's/Martin's Cavalry Corps / Armstrong's Division / Tyler's/Hodge's Brigade
- March-April 1864 - Department of East Tennessee / Cavalry Corps / Jones' Division / Hodge's Brigade
- April-September 1864 - Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Giltner's Cavalry Brigade
- September 1864-April 1865 - Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Cosby's Cavalry Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Ezekiel F. Clay (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Peter M. Everett (Major)
- John B. Holladay (Major)
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Legacy
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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 11, 15-16)