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Alan,

I have both books and used them in my research for this flag.

Here is the Order of Battle for Morgan's Division in this 1864 KY Raid:

First Brigade - Col. HL Giltner

4th KY Cavalry
14th KY Cavalry (10th KY Cavalry Battalion)
13th KY Cavalry (10th KY Mounted Rifles Battalion)
2nd KY Cavalry Battalion Mounted Rifles
3rd KY Cavalry Battalion Mounted Rifles
6th Confederate Cavalry Battalion

Second Brigade - Col. D. Howard Smith

1st KY Cavalry Battalion (former members of Morgan's old 2nd KY Cavalry)
2nd KY Cavalry Battalion
3rd KY Cavalry Battalion

Third Brigade - Col. Robert Martin (this command went into KY dismounted and secured some horses around Lexington)

1st KY Special Cavalry Battalion
2nd KY Special Cavalry Battalion

Of course none of these units were anything close to full strength.

And you are right about how SW Virginia felt about Morgan. Everyone knew that the 12th star on CS flags was for Kentucky and this flag has 12 stars. I do wish we could learn more about it as I like having all the dots connected.

Greg Biggs

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