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 *Company L - Many men mustered in from Paducah, [[McCracken County, Kentucky|McCracken County]] and Louisville, [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson County]].
 *Company M - Many men mustered in from Paducah, [[McCracken County, Kentucky|McCracken County]]; Louisville, [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson County]] and Lebanon, [[Marion County, Kentucky|Marion County]].<br>
+*The 12th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry was organized in the winter of 1862-3. A portion of the Regiment was mustered into the U.S. service on the 17th day of November, 1862, at Owensboro, Kentucky, by W. B. Royall, Captain 5th Cavalry; the remainder of the regiment was mustered in at Munfordsville, Kentucky, February 12th , 1863, by Captain T.E. Noell.<br>
 The records for this Regiment's Companies are from the book "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky" Vol. 1-1861-1866. Printed by authority of the Legislature of Kentucky. (FHL US/ CAN 976.9 M2r)<br>
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