2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Woodward's)



 


HISTORICAL NOTES:

    2nd (Woodward's) Cavalry Regiment was organized in December, 1862, using Woodward's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The unit served in F.C. Armstrong's, J.W. Grigsby's, and J.S. Williams', and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was involved in many conflicts in Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky, then took an active part in the Atlanta Campaign. The regiment went on to aid in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered.

FIELD OFFICERS:

    Colonel Thomas G. Woodward and Major Thomas W. Lewis.

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ROSTERS:

    The composite rosters of this unit contain the names of 1148 men.

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