Kentucky 5th Cavalry (Confederate)
9/9/62
Organized - Kentucky 5th Cavalry - Kentucky
12/7/62
Battle - Hartsville - Hartsville, Tennessee
The Battle of Hartsville has been called "the most successfully executed cavalry raid of the War Between the States." From this battle Col. John Hunt Morgan received his commission to brigadier general. The seventeen-stop driving tour includes buildings that were used as hospitals after the seventy-five minute battle, a river crossing where Morgan rushed 1,834 prisoners across the Cumberland towards Lebanon Tennessee, rendezvous points, homes and a cemetery.READ MORE
12/7/62
Battle - Hartsville, Tennessee
12/31/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
7/15/63
Mustered Out - Kentucky 5th Cavalry - Kentucky
7/19/63
Battle - Buffington Island - Portland, Ohio; Buffington Island, West Virginia
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