Category: 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), United States Civil War

Categories: Kentucky (Confederate), United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War

6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry was organized during the summer of 1862 with men from the central and eastern section of Kentucky. It was mustered into Confederate service in September. For a time the unit skirmished in Kentucky attached to Buford's Brigade, then it fought with J H Morgan. Most of its members were captured at Buffington Island on July 19 and the remaining part at New Lisbon on July 26, 1863. The regiment was not reorganized.

Officers: Colonel J Warren Grigsby, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W Napier, and Major William G Bullitt.

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