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1864-01

Dissolution Date

1865-07-17

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"Three Forks Battalion" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00009480, (accessed April 18, 2025).

Raised under an act of legislation dated January 1864 that allowed to Kentucky state governor to raise forces in defense of the state. Located in the southeastern portion of Kentucky. Headquarters at Booneville, Kentucky. Served from 1864 to July 17, 1865. Commander(s): Major Elisha B. Treadway.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 780-91.
Senate Documents, 61st Congress, 2nd Session, vol. 59 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910), 30, 32.

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