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The 17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Russellville, Kentucky and mustered in for one year. It mustered in under the command of Colonel Samuel F. Johnson. The regiment was attached to Military Department of Kentucky and assigned to duty at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in southern Kentucky, along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Mt. Pleasant August 14. March to Louisville, Kentucky, in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Munfordville, Kentucky, September 22. Ashbysburg September 25. New Haven September 29. Capture of 3rd Georgia Cavalry. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–22. Near Perryville October 6–7. Near Mountain Gap October 14 and 16.
The 26th Cavalry Regiment, consisting mostly of Philippine Scouts, was the last U.S. cavalry regiment to engage in horse-mounted warfare. When Troop G encountered Japanese forces at the village of Morong on 16 January 1942, Lieutenant Edwin P. Ramsey ordered, for that time, the last cavalry charge in American history.
1st Squadron is a training unit assigned to the 316th Cavalry Brigade, stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia; 3rd Squadron is a training unit assigned to the 316th Cavalry Brigade, stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia; 17th Cavalry Regiment; 18th Cavalry Regiment; 19th Cavalry Regiment; 20th Armor (now 133rd Engineer Battalion in the Maine Army ...
Perry County, Kentucky River, November 8. Johnson County December 1. Floyd County December 4. Powell County December 26, 1862, and January 26, 1863. Mt. Sterling March 22. Slate Creek, near Mt. Sterling, June 11. Mud Lick Springs, Bath County, June 13. Operations against Everett's Raid in eastern Kentucky June 13–23. Triplett's Bridge June 16.
The state of Kentucky purchased 700 Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army.32 rimfire revolvers for the unit from Kittridge & Co. They also carried Colt's Army revolvers (caliber .44) and cavalry and light cavalry sabres. Only two companies reported their stores of ammunition for carbines, and reported having cartridges for Sharps' carbines and Burnsides.
The 12th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Kentucky and mustered in on November 17, 1862, for three years under the command of Colonel Quintus C. Shanks. The regiment was attached to District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio , to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio ...
The 8th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Russellville, Kentucky and mustered in for one year on August 13, 1862. It mustered in under the command of Colonel James Murrell Shackelford. The regiment was attached to District of Louisville, Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862.