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6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

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Creation Date

1861-12-23

Dissolution Date

1865-07-14

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"6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00009378, (accessed April 27, 2025).

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Organized at Camp Irvine in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Companies A, B, C, D, and E mustered into service on December 23, 1861. Companies F, G, H, I, K, L, and M mustered into service on in August 1862. All companies mustered out of service on July 14, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Dennis J. Halisy and Colonel Lewis D. Watkins.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 136-179.

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