12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Creation Date

1862-11-17

Dissolution Date

1865-08-23

Entity Type

Organization

Organized at Owensboro, Kentucky, and Munfordville, Kentucky. Mustered in November 17, 1862, and mustered out August 23, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Quintus C. Shanks, Colonel Eugene W. Crittenden, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander W. Holeman, and Lieutenant Colonel James T. Bramlette.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 302, 352-53. United States Adjutant General’s Office, _ Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65_, vol. 4, (Washington, D.C.: 1865), 1234.

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