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=== Brief History  ===
=== Brief History  ===


The 15th Kentucky Cavalry was organized in the fall of 1862, and mustered into the United States service at Paducah, Kentucky, on October 6, 1862. Their leader Lieut. Col. Gabriel Netter was killed at Owensboro, Kentucky; the command went to A. P. Henry in 1863 until he was captured at Spring Creek, Tenn., June 29th, 1863; at which time Major Wiley Waller took command. The Company mustered out at Paducah, Kentucky.
The 15th Kentucky Cavalry was organized in the fall of 1862, and mustered into the United States service at Paducah, Kentucky, on October 6, 1862. Their leader Lieut. Col. Gabriel Netter was killed at Owensboro, Kentucky; the command went to A. P. Henry in 1863 until he was captured at Spring Creek, Tenn., June 29th, 1863; at which time Major Wiley Waller took command. The Company mustered out at Paducah, Kentucky.<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., 403. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref>


The 15th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Owensborough, Kentucky, October, 1862. It had an expedition from Paducah, Kentucky, to McLemoresville, Tennessee, September 20-30. The regiment mustered out October 6 to 29, 1863.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>
The 15th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Owensborough, Kentucky, October, 1862. It had an expedition from Paducah, Kentucky, to McLemoresville, Tennessee, September 20-30. The regiment mustered out October 6 to 29, 1863.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>
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