16th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry



 


HISTORICAL NOTES:

    Organized at Paducah, Ky., September, 1863.

    Regiment lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and 1 Officer and 54 Enlisted men by disease. Total 58.

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ASSIGNMENTS:

    Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept Ohio, to May, 1864. 1st Cavalry Brigade, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to October, 1864.

BATTLES:

    Duty at Paducah, Ky., till April, 1864. Fort Anderson, Paducah, March 25-26, 1864. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., April 12. Operations against Morgan May 31-June 30. Cynthiana June 12. At Nicholasville, Ky., June to August. Cleveland, Tenn., August 17. Gillem's Expedition from East Tennessee toward Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Leesburg September 28. Near Rheatown, Duvall's Ford, Watauga River, September 30. Consolidated with 12th Kentucky Cavalry October 15, 1864.

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