Kentucky 45th Mounted Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1/10/63
Organized - Kentucky 45th Mounted Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
9/06/64
Battle - Mount Sterling - Mount Sterling, Kentucky
11/06/64
Battle - Cynthiana - Cynthiana, Kentucky
1/10/64
Battle - First Saltville - Smyth County, Virginia
Salt was a crucial resource during the Civil War. It not only preserved food in the days before refrigeration, but was also vital in the curing of leather. Control or destruction of the South's most important salt production facilities was critical to the Union war effort. In early October 1864, coincident with Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan's burning of the Shenandoah Valley, Union cavalry and infantry raiders led by Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge attempted to destroy the Confederate saltworks near Saltville in…READ MORE
2/10/64
Battle - Saltville - Saltville, Virginia
Salt was a crucial resource during the Civil War. It not only preserved food in the days before refrigeration, but was also vital in the curing of leather. Control or destruction of the South's most important salt production facilities was critical to the Union war effort. In early October 1864, coincident with Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan's burning of the Shenandoah Valley, Union cavalry and infantry raiders led by Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge attempted to destroy the Confederate saltworks near Saltville in…READ MORE
17/12/64
Battle - Marion - Smyth County, Virginia
20/12/64
Battle - Second Saltville - Saltville, Virginia
14/02/65
Mustered Out - Kentucky 45th Mounted Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
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