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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 21st Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, formed by the consolidation of the men raised under E. L. Dudley and B.A. Wheat, was raised in the fall and winter of 1861, and organized with E. L. Dudley as Colonel; a portion of the regiment being mustered in at Camp Ward, Kentucky, December 1861, the remainder at Camp Hobson, Kentucky, January 2nd, 1862. It mustered out at Huntsville, Alabama, January 23rd, 1865; veterans and recruits being transferred to the 21 Kentucky Veteran Infantry.<ref>Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. 95-97. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref><br> | |||
The 21st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camps Hobson and Ward, Kentucky, and mustered in December 31, 1861. Duty at Indianola and Victoria until December. It was mustered out December 9, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | The 21st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camps Hobson and Ward, Kentucky, and mustered in December 31, 1861. Duty at Indianola and Victoria until December. It was mustered out December 9, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||