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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br> | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br> | ||
Company A - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company B - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company C - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company D - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company E - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company F - Many men mustered in from Camp Temple, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.<br>Company G - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company H - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company I - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br>Company K - Many men mustered in from Camp Lee, near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.<br> | |||
The 16th Kentucky Infantry was organized in December, 1861, at Camp Lee, near Maysville, Kentucky , under Colonel Charles A. Marshall and mustered into the United States service on the 27th say of January, 1862. It remained in the southern protection of Kentucky during the winter of 1862, protecting the people and thoroughfare from the frequent invasions of guerrillas from Tennessee.<br><br> | |||
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