Kentucky 30th Mounted Volunteer Infantry (Union)
19/02/1864
Organized - Kentucky 30th Mounted Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
10/06/1864
Battle - Cynthiana, Kentucky
11/06/1864
Battle - Cynthiana - Cynthiana, Kentucky
02/10/1864
Battle - Saltville - Saltville, Virginia
Saltville
Salt was a crucial resource during the Civil War. It not only preserved food in the days before refrigeration, but was also vital in the curing of leather. Control or destruction of the South's most important salt production facilities was critical to the Union war effort. In early October 1864, coincident with Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan's burning of the Shenandoah Valley, Union cavalry and infantry raiders led by Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge attempted to destroy the Confederate saltworks near Saltville in…READ MORE
20/12/1864
Battle - Second Saltville - Saltville, Virginia
18/04/1865
Mustered Out - Kentucky 30th Mounted Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
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