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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 48th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers was enlisted principally from the counties of Trigg, Lyon, Livingston, Crittenden, Union, Christian, Caldwell, Muhlenburg, Breckinridge, and Grayson and was organized and mustered into service at Princeton, Kentucky, by Charles H. Fletcher, Captain 13th United states Infantry on the 26th of October, 1863. The Regiment was raised for special service in Kentucky to serve as a mounted force to aid in preventing raids and to clear the State of guerrillas. The term of service ended 26th October, 1864; but was kept under marching orders until 19th December owing to the active campaign of Confederates under Hood against Nashville, Tennessee. It was mustered out by C. A. Wainwright.<ref>Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. 448-490. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> <br> | The 48th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers was enlisted principally from the counties of Trigg, Lyon, Livingston, Crittenden, Union, Christian, Caldwell, Muhlenburg, Breckinridge, and Grayson and was organized and mustered into service at Princeton, Kentucky, by Charles H. Fletcher, Captain 13th United states Infantry on the 26th of October, 1863. The Regiment was raised for special service in Kentucky to serve as a mounted force to aid in preventing raids and to clear the State of guerrillas. The term of service ended 26th October, 1864; but was kept under marching orders until 19th December owing to the active campaign of Confederates under Hood against Nashville, Tennessee. It was mustered out by C. A. Wainwright.<ref>Adjutant General, ''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky'', Vol. 2, 1861-1866, (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pg. 448-490. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9 M2r}}</ref> <br> | ||
Organized at Princeton, Ky., October 26, 1863. Mustered out December 19, 1864.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | Organized at Princeton, Ky., October 26, 1863. Mustered out December 19, 1864.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | |||
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unkyinf5.htm#48th 48th Regiment Mounted Infantry], (accessed 5 July 2012).<br> | |||
*The Wikipedia article, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Mounted_Infantry 48th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry], (accessed 5 July 2012).<br> | |||
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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||