Kentucky 45th Mounted Volunteer Infantry (Union)
01/10/1863
Organized - Kentucky 45th Mounted Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
09/06/1864
Battle - Mount Sterling - Mount Sterling, Kentucky
11/06/1864
Battle - Cynthiana - Cynthiana, Kentucky
01/10/1864
Battle - First Saltville - Smyth County, Virginia
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
02/10/1864
Battle - Saltville - Saltville, Virginia
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
17/12/1864
Battle - Marion - Smyth County, Virginia
20/12/1864
Battle - Second Saltville - Saltville, Virginia
14/02/1865
Mustered Out - Kentucky 45th Mounted Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
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