CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Duke's)
- Overview:
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2nd (Morgan's) Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 using
Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry Squadron as its nucleus. The unit contained men from Kentucky,
Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. It served in Morgan's Brigade and was active in Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Ohio. Many were captured in the conflict at Buffington Island on July 19 and the
remaining part at New Lisbon on July 26, 1863. The regiment was not reorganized. Its field
officers were Colonels Basil W. Duke and John H. Morgan, Lieutenant Colonels James W.
Bowles and John B. Hutcheson, and Majors G.W. Morgan and T.B. Webber.
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