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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 11th Kentucky Infantry was organized in December, 1861, at Calhoon, Kentucky, under Colonel P.B. Hawkins. The regiment participated in the battle of Shiloh and from that date on it was actively engaged and participated in all the early battles in Tennessee. They mustered out at Bowling Green Kentucky, December 16, 1864. New recruits and veterans were transferred to Company 1, of the 6th Veteran Cavalry. | The 11th Kentucky Infantry was organized in December, 1861, at Calhoon, Kentucky, under Colonel P.B. Hawkins. The regiment participated in the battle of Shiloh and from that date on it was actively engaged and participated in all the early battles in Tennessee. They mustered out at Bowling Green Kentucky, December 16, 1864. New recruits and veterans were transferred to Company 1, of the 6th Veteran Cavalry. <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. 840. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> | ||
<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. 840. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> | |||
The 11th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Calhoun, Kentucky, December 9,1861. It was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, November 14; thence to Bowling Green, Kentucky, and duty there until December. The regiment mustered out December 16, 1864.(Union)<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | The 11th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Calhoun, Kentucky, December 9,1861. It was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, November 14; thence to Bowling Green, Kentucky, and duty there until December. The regiment mustered out December 16, 1864.(Union)<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||