Kentucky 1st Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
10/21/61
Battle - Camp Wildcat - Laurel County, Kentucky
Early in the war, the Lincoln administration knew well the importance of keeping the border state of Kentucky in the Union. Any Rebel armies operating successfully there could encourage secessionist sympathies. In late 1861, a Confederate force of around 6,000 men under Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer entered the southeast corner of the state just north of the Tennessee border and occupied the strategic Cumberland Gap. To counter Confederate moves in the area, Union Brig. Gen. George H. Thomas sent a detachme…READ MORE
10/28/61
Organized - Kentucky 1st Volunteer Cavalry - Kentucky
1/19/62
Battle - Mill Springs - Pulaski County, Kentucky; Wayne County, Kentucky
Early in the war, the Lincoln administration knew well the importance of keeping the border state of Kentucky in the Union. Any Rebel armies operating successfully there could encourage secessionist sympathies. In late 1861, a Confederate force of around 6,000 men under Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer encamped for the winter near Mill Springs, on the Cumberland River in the southeast corner of the state just north of the Tennessee border and close to the strategic Cumberland Gap. A Union force under Brig. Gen…READ MORE
10/8/62
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
3/31/63
Battle - Somerset - Somerset, Kentucky
7/3/63
Battle - Columbia, Kentucky
9/26/63
Battle - Calhoun, Tennessee
10/20/63
Battle - Philadelphia, Tennessee
11/14/63
Battle - Rockford, Tennessee
12/16/63
Battle - Rutledge, Tennessee
5/24/64
Battle - Cassville, Georgia
6/10/64
Battle - Lost Mountain, Georgia
6/27/64
Battle - Kennesaw Mountain - Cobb County, Georgia
Fearing envelopment northwest of Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army to a new defensive position astride Kennesaw Mountain near Marietta. Johnston selected this position in order to protect the Western & Atlantic Railroad, his supply link to Atlanta. Prior to taking up this new line on June 19th, Johnston had pioneers working through the night digging trenches and erecting fortifications, turning Kennesaw into a formidable earthen fortress. Having defeated Lieut. Gen. John…READ MORE
7/4/64
Battle - Campbellton, Georgia
9/20/65
Mustered Out - Kentucky 1st Volunteer Cavalry - Kentucky
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