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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 34th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Louisville, Kentucky, on September 26th, 1861, under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dent, and was then designated as the “First Battalion Louisville Provost Guards.” The authority for its organization was received from General Anderson then commanding the Department of Kentucky and the promise was made to the privates that they should receive twenty dollars a month during enlistment. This order created much dissension in the battalion, as they had already received two months pay at the rate of $20 per month. An appeal was made to the Honorable Secretary of War, by Colonel Dent, as a result the men were allowed the choice of serving for the regular pay of $13 per month or mustering out. All of Company B & the larger portion of three others were discharged honorably at Louisville, Kentucky, in Oct., 1862.<ref>Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. . {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref><br> | The 34th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Louisville, Kentucky, on September 26th, 1861, under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dent, and was then designated as the “First Battalion Louisville Provost Guards.” The authority for its organization was received from General Anderson then commanding the Department of Kentucky and the promise was made to the privates that they should receive twenty dollars a month during enlistment. This order created much dissension in the battalion, as they had already received two months pay at the rate of $20 per month. An appeal was made to the Honorable Secretary of War, by Colonel Dent, as a result the men were allowed the choice of serving for the regular pay of $13 per month or mustering out. All of Company B & the larger portion of three others were discharged honorably at Louisville, Kentucky, in Oct., 1862.<ref>Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. . {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref><br> | ||
Organized at Louisville, Ky., October, 1862, from Louisville Provost Guard. <br>Mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn., June 24, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | Organized at Louisville, Ky., October, 1862, from Louisville Provost Guard. <br>Mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn., June 24, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | |||
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unkyinf4.htm#34th 34th Regiment Infantry], (accessed 5 July 2012).<br> | |||
*The Wikipedia article, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Infantry 34th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry], (accessed 5 July 2012).<br> | |||
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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||