52nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry (U)
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Franklin and Scottsville, Ky. Companies "A, "B," "C" and "E" mustered in at Scottsville October 16, 1863; Company "D" October 17, 1863; Company "F" November 12, 1863, and Company "G" December 21, 1863. Companies "H," "I" and "K" mustered in at Franklin March 3, 1864. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to January, 1865.
SERVICE.--Operations against guerrillas in Southern and Central Kentucky, guarding and protecting public property, and protecting lines of communication with the army operating at the front until March, 1864. Operations against Forest's Raid into Kentucky March 23-April 19, and against Morgan in Eastern Kentucky May 31-June 20. Action at New Hope March 28. Mt. Sterling June 9. Cynthiana June 12. Operations in Western Kentucky July-August. Action at Bell Mines July 13. Operations in Webster and Union counties July 14-18. Morgan field July 14. Geiger's Lake July 15. Operations against Adam Johnson about Uniontown August. Grubb's Cross Roads August 21. Canton and Roaring Springs August 22. Moved to Lexington August 27, thence to Bowling Green August 30, and to Nashville, Tenn. Scottsville December 8 (1 Co.). Mustered out January 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 48 Enlisted men by disease. Total 59.
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page 1212)
