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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 5th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry was organized in 1861 under Lovell H. Rousseau, as Colonel and was mustered into the United States service on the 9th of September, 1861, at Camp Joe Holt. At the alarm of an invasion of Kentucky by Buckner, this gallant command was thrown out in defense of Louisville and held them in check until reinforcements arrived from Ohio and Indiana and forever refuted the idea of a States standing in a neutral position when the integrity or unity of a nation was assailed.<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.717. {{FHL|51081|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN book 976.9</ref><br> | |||
The 5th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Joe, Holt, Kentucky, September 9, 1861. The regiment moved to Louisville, Kentucky in June. It mustered out July 25, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | The 5th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Joe, Holt, Kentucky, September 9, 1861. The regiment moved to Louisville, Kentucky in June. It mustered out July 25, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||