17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment explained

Unit Name:17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment
Dates:April 25, 1865 - September 20, 1865
Country:United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Cavalry

The 17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Russellville, Kentucky and mustered in for one year. It mustered in under the command of Colonel Samuel F. Johnson.

The regiment was attached to Military Department of Kentucky and assigned to duty at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in southern Kentucky, along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

The 17th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out on September 20, 1865.

Casualties

The regiment lost no members during service.

Commanders

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