17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

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The 17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Russellville, Kentucky and mustered in for one year. It mustered in under the command of Colonel Samuel F. Johnson.

The regiment was attached to Military Department of Kentucky and assigned to duty at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in southern Kentucky, along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

The 17th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out on September 20, 1865.

Casualties

The regiment lost no members during service.

Commanders

  • Colonel Samuel F. Johnson

See also

{{Portal|American Civil War|United States}}

References

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

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Category:Military units and formations established in 1865

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Kentucky

Category:1865 establishments in Kentucky