Kentucky 1st Cavalry (Confederate)
19/10/1861
Organized - Kentucky 1st Cavalry - Kentucky
10/01/1862
Battle - Middle Creek - Floyd County, Kentucky
The story of Middlecreek battlefield begins January 10, 1862, when an unknown colonel, James A. Garfield (who would later be President of the United States), leads the Union soldiers against the experience of Brig. Gen. Humphrey Marshall and his Confederate soldiers, in what would become the largest and most significant Civil War battle in Eastern Kentucky.READ MORE
11/02/1862
Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE
06/04/1862
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
04/06/1862
Battle - Jasper, Tennessee
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Thomas A. Ireland
CaptainThomas A. Ireland
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Austin Wharton
ColonelJohn Austin Wharton
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
Major GeneralBenjamin Franklin Cheatham
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
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
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel J. Russell Butler
ColonelJ. Russell Butler
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Abraham Buford
Brigadier GeneralAbraham Buford
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler
Brigadier GeneralJoseph Wheeler
31/12/1862
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
04/06/1863
Battle - Liberty, Tennessee
24/06/1863
Battle - Manchester, Tennessee
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Griffith
Lieutenant ColonelJ. W. Griffith
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas Harrison
ColonelThomas Harrison
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John A. Wharton
Brigadier GeneralJohn A. Wharton
19/09/1863
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
04/10/1863
Battle - McMinnville, Tennessee
23/11/1863
Battle - Chattanooga Campaign - Chattanooga, Tennessee
After taking charge of the Union's western armies in October of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant focused on lifting the Confederate siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which had been in place since the Battle of Chickamauga in September. Grant opened the 'Cracker Line' across the Tennessee River to bring supplies to the beleaguered Army of the Cumberland inside the city, and, in mid-November, brought Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee into the city as well. The Confederates under Maj. Gen.…READ MORE
28/12/1863
Battle - Charleston, Tennessee
13/04/1864
Battle - Paintsville, Kentucky
11/06/1864
Battle - Cynthiana - Cynthiana, Kentucky
12/06/1864
Battle - Cynthiana, Kentucky
30/11/1864
Battle - Louisville, Georgia
01/12/1864
Battle - Louisville, Georgia
19/03/1865
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
12/04/1865
Mustered Out - Kentucky 1st Cavalry - Kentucky
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