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Kentucky 6th Cavalry (Confederate)

4/6/62

Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee

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Shiloh

On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck the encamped divisions of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.READ MORE

9/8/62

Organized - Kentucky 6th Cavalry - Kentucky

10/8/62

Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky

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Perryville

On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE

3/20/63

Battle - Milton, Tennessee

7/15/63

Mustered Out - Kentucky 6th Cavalry - Kentucky

7/19/63

Battle - Buffington Island - Portland, Ohio; Buffington Island, West Virginia

7/20/63

Battle - Skirmish at Cheshire, Ohio - Cheshire, Ohio

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