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Re: Kentucky 1st Battalion Mounted Rifles, Company

Believe they were in SW Virginia near Lebanon whey Gay died.

The Heaquarters Diary of Edward O. Guerrant, Blugrass Confederate, Edited by William C. Davis and Meredith Swentor, LSU Press, 1999, provides some clues.

George Martin

1st Battalion Mounted Rifles was organized in Eastern Kentucky during the winter of 1861-1862 and served in the Army of Eastern Kentucky and the Department of East Tennessee. The unit skirmished in Kentucky and Tennessee, then disbanded in August, 1863. Some of its members joined other Kentucky commands. Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel F. Clay, and Majors Benjamin F. Bradley and Orville G. Camron were in command.

John T. Jones

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/21/1861 at Prestonsburg, KY as a Private.

On 10/21/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. KY 1st Battn Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
Other Information:
born in 1838
died in 1922
Buried: Confederate Home Cemetery, Pewee Valley, KY
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65
- Research provided by Frank Boyett & Sandi Gorin

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John Thomas Jones

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/21/1861 at Prestonsburg, KY as a Private.
On 10/21/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. KY 5th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 10/22/1862
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65

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Dunlap Gay

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/21/1861 at Prestonsburg, KY as a Private.
On 10/21/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. KY 1st Battn Cavalry
He died on 4/24/1862
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65

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