Kentucky Home Guard
1861 to 1865
County level military organization primarily comprised of Union soldiers. Created in 1861 to counter the southern aligned Kentucky State Guard.
Citation
Kentucky Home Guard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208063 (January 20, 2026).
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