Green River Battalion
1865-01 to 1865-08
Military organization. Raised under act of legislation dated January 1864 that allowed Kentucky governor to raise forces in defense of the state. Operated between Ohio and Green rivers between January 1865 and August 1865. Commander (s): Major John W. Swinker.
Bibliography
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 799.
Thomas Speed,The Union Cause in Kentucky: 1860-1865 (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1907), 317-18.
Citation
Green River Battalion. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215180 (November 12, 2026).
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