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12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) (view source)
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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 12th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry was organized in the winter of 1862-3. One portion was mustered into the U.S. service on the 17th day of November, 1862, at Owensboro, Kentucky, the remainder was mustered in at Munfordsville, Kentucky, February 12th , 1863. After much hardship and loss the 12th was discharged August 23rd, 1865, having received the very highest praise from all of the officers with whom it had served, for valor, daring, prompt and efficient discharge of duties and high soldierly bearing.<ref>Kentucky. Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 1, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866) Pg., 352-353. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref><br> | |||
The 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Kentucky, November 17, 1862. It returned to East Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater until August. The regiment was mustered out August 23, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | The 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Kentucky, November 17, 1862. It returned to East Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater until August. The regiment was mustered out August 23, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||