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Creation Date

1861-01-26

Dissolution Date

1861-07-16

Entity Type

Organization

"McDowell Guard" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00017786, (accessed May 22, 2025).

KYR-0001-017-0212

State militia organization from Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. Organized in Cynthiana, Kentucky, from January 26, 1861, to July 16, 1861. Mustered as Company F, 2nd Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) on July 16, 1861. Commanders: Captain, W.S. Rogers; Captain, R.M. Kelley; 1st lieutenant, James S. Withers; 1st lieutenant, J.M. Givens; 2nd lieutenant, A. Welsh; 3rd lieutenant, O. Kennard.

William A. Penn, Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016), 20-21.

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