1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)

1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment
1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry
3rd (Butler's) Kentucky Cavalry Regiment
1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment; 1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry; 3rd (Butler's) Kentucky Cavalry Regiment
Active	October 28, 1861–April 26, 1865 (1st); Summer 1862–April 26, 1865 (3rd)
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Kentucky
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Cavalry
Size	698 (1st, total); 1.515 (3rd, total)
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Perryville; Battle of Murfreesboro; Tullahoma Campaign; Battle of Chickamauga; Siege of Chattanooga; Atlanta Campaign; Savannah Campaign; Carolinas Campaign;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. Benjamin Hardin Helm; Col. John Adams; Col. J. Russell Butler

The 1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; serving mostly in the Army of Tennessee. In late 1862 it was consolidated to constitute the 1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry, usually known as 3rd (Butler's) Kentucky Cavalry. The 3rd continued to serve for the duration of the war.

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