Kentucky 1st Cavalry (Confederate)
1861-10-19
Organized - Kentucky 1st Cavalry - Kentucky
1862-01-10
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
1862-02-11
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
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-06-04
Battle - Jasper, Tennessee
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Thomas A. Ireland
CaptainThomas A. Ireland
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Austin Wharton
ColonelJohn Austin Wharton
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
Major GeneralBenjamin Franklin Cheatham
1862-10-08
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
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel J. Russell Butler
ColonelJ. Russell Butler
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Abraham Buford
Brigadier GeneralAbraham Buford
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler
Brigadier GeneralJoseph Wheeler
1862-12-31
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
1863-06-04
Battle - Liberty, Tennessee
1863-06-24
Battle - Manchester, Tennessee
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Griffith
Lieutenant ColonelJ. W. Griffith
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas Harrison
ColonelThomas Harrison
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John A. Wharton
Brigadier GeneralJohn A. Wharton
1863-09-19
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
1863-10-04
Battle - McMinnville, Tennessee
1863-11-23
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
1863-12-28
Battle - Charleston, Tennessee
1864-04-13
Battle - Paintsville, Kentucky
1864-06-11
Battle - Cynthiana - Cynthiana, Kentucky
1864-06-12
Battle - Cynthiana, Kentucky
1864-11-30
Battle - Louisville, Georgia
1864-12-01
Battle - Louisville, Georgia
1865-03-19
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
1865-04-12
Mustered Out - Kentucky 1st Cavalry - Kentucky
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