Hayes LoweKirkpatrick's Ky. Cav. Battalion?Mon Feb 19 19:21:01 2001 Is anyone familiar with Kirkpatrick's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion? I can't find anything on it. It had at least one Alabama man in it.The Alabama Archives has a file on "Kirkpatrick's Cavalry Company" from Alabama. Is this it?The man that I am researching is Lt. William Minter Weaver, the son of Philip J. Weaver of Selma (said to have been the "richest man in South Alabama").His compiled service card (and other NARA microfilm) shows him in the following:Kirkpatrick's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, 2nd Lt.[no company shown]P.A.C.S, 1st Lt. and Acting or Assistant Ordnance Officer. [relieved of this duty in 1863, and sent back to his unit, but the unit is not given.]Barbiere's Alabama Cavalry Battalion, 1st Sgt., Goldsby's Company [Dr. Jones page shows this as a reserve unit formed in 1864.]37th Alabama Infantry, Adjutant [with this unit at the surrender in North Carolina.]A local (Selma, Ala.) bio of William Minter Weaver shows that he was with Morgan's Cavalry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Battalion, and with the 37th.Another local bio says he was with Gen. John H. Morgan's Cavalry. [Note that Gen. John T. Morgan was from the Selma area and he had his own Alabama brigade, which confuses the matter.] Gen. John T. Morgan's [mostly Kentucky] Brigade did have one Alabama unit, the 53rd Alabama Cavalry/Partisan Rangers.And, finally, Broadfoot's shows a William Weaver in the 3rd Ala. Regiment of Reserves, Company H. The 3rd Alabama Reserves were organized at Selma.The main mystery is what was Kirkpatrick's Cavalry Battalion? Was Kirkpatrick's Alabama Company used to form a Battalion? IN KENTUCKY? None of the Kentucky sites have any reference to a Kirkpatrick's unit. HELP!Thanks guys, and I found it! More>>> — Hayes Lowe, Mon Feb 19 22:35 No. Try this...... — Alan Pitts, Tue Feb 20 10:04 my apologies for the sloppy post n/m — Alan Pitts, Tue Feb 20 10:06 Re: Kirkpatrick Batn. and Lt. Weaver — Hayes Lowe, Tue Feb 20 10:43 Kirkpatrick's Kentucky Cav. Battalion — Jim Martin, Tue Feb 20 09:45 51st was a red-herring! — Hayes Lowe, Tue Feb 20 10:25 Goldsby's Co. reel 36 — Alan J. Pitts, Tue Feb 20 15:00 After looking at your references.... — Alan J. Pitts, Tue Feb 20 23:24 The various William M. Weavers — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 21 11:20 Each one different — Alan J. Pitts, Thu Feb 22 16:33 Do I understand you correctly... — Hayes Lowe, Thu Feb 22 19:07 One bit at a time.... — Alan J. Pitts, Fri Feb 23 00:07 Goldsby's Company — Alan J. Pitts, Mon Feb 19 20:32 Kirkpatrick's Cav Company — Robert McMillan, Mon Feb 19 19:56