Munday's 1st Battalion Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry
Encyclopedia
Munday's 1st Battalion Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry
regiment
that served in the Union Army
during the American Civil War
.
in December 1861 and mustered in for three years under the command of Major
Reuben Munday.
The regiment was attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio
, to February 1862. 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862.
Munday's 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry ceased when it was assigned to the 6th Kentucky Cavalry
as Companies A, B, C, D, and E in October 1862.
Cavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...
regiment
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
that served in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
Service
Munday's 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Lexington, KentuckyLexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
in December 1861 and mustered in for three years under the command of Major
Major (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
Reuben Munday.
The regiment was attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio
Army of the Ohio
The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863.-History:...
, to February 1862. 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862.
Munday's 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry ceased when it was assigned to the 6th Kentucky Cavalry
6th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry
The 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:Originally organized in Lexington, Kentucky from July to October 1862 as Munday's 1st Battalion Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry and served independently under the...
as Companies A, B, C, D, and E in October 1862.
Detailed service
Ordered to Lebanon, Kentucky, then to London January 8, 1862. Expedition from central Kentucky to the Cumberland River January 31-February 12. Flat Lick Ford, Cumberland River, February 14. Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28-June 18. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 to September 17. Tazewell, Tennessee July 26. Operations about Cumberland Gap August 2-17. Tazewell August 6. Rogers' Gap August 16. Pine Mountain August 17. Red Bird Creek August 25. Richmond, Kentucky, August 30. Retreat from Cumberland Gap to the Ohio River September 17-October 3.See also
- 6th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry6th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer CavalryThe 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:Originally organized in Lexington, Kentucky from July to October 1862 as Munday's 1st Battalion Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry and served independently under the...
- List of Kentucky Civil War Units
- Kentucky in the Civil WarKentucky in the Civil WarKentucky was a border state of key importance in the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln recognized the importance of the Commonwealth when he declared "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky." In a September 1861 letter to Orville Browning, Lincoln wrote "I think to lose...