CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS
12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
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12th Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Kentucky and Tennessee Regiment] was organized
and mustered into Confederate service at Verona, Mississippi, in September, 1863. The unit was
assigned to General Lyon's Brigade and sustained 55 casualties in the expedition from Memphis
into Mississippi and 94 in the fight at Harrisburg. Later it saw action in
Alabama and during March, 1865, merged into the 8th Kentucky Infantry (Mounted) Regiment.
It was commanded by Colonel W.W. Faulkner, Lieutenant Colonel W.D. Lannom, and Majors
John M. Malone and Thomas S. Tate, Jr.
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