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There is very little information available as to the service of the men in this regiment as but only one or two of the individual company muster rolls survived to be recorded in the National Archives Compiled Service Records

C. A. Lester, Private, Capt. John S. Ratliff's Company (H), May's Regiment, Mounted Riflemen,* enlisted July 1, 1863 at Grundi [sp?] Buchanan County by John Ratliff for 3 years, no further records

* This company subsequently became Company L, 10th Regiment (Diamond's) Kentucky Cavalry

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Jacob Lester, 1st Corporal, Capt. John S. Ratliff's Company (H), May's Regiment, Mounted Riflemen, enlisted July 1, 1862 at Grundy, Buchanan County, Va. by John Ratliff for 3 years, no further records

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Michael Lester, Private, Company I, 10th (Diamond's) Kentucky Cavalry, Reference Envelope, Cards filed with
Luster, Michael

Michael Luster, Conscript, Private, Company F, May's Regiment, Kentucky and Virginia Mounted Rifles,** enlisted February 28, 1863 in Buchanan County, Va. by Capt. Squire Gibson for 3 years, captured in Buchanan County, Va., Deserter, April 18, 1864, discharged on taking the Amnesty Oath April 25, 1864, resident of Buchanan County, Va., light complexion, light hair, hazel eyes, 6' 0"

** This company subsequently became Company F, 10th Regiment (Diamond's) Kentucky Cavalry

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Jacob Luster, Private, Company F, May's Regiment, Kentucky and Virginia Mounted Rifles, enlisted February 28, 1863 in Buchanan County, Va. by Capt. Squire Gibson for 3 years, last recorded present July 25, 1863, no further records

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John R. Luster, Private, Capt. Hiram Justice's Company (H), May's Regiment, Kentucky and Virginia Mounted Rifles,*** enlisted May 15, 1863 in Buchanan County, Va. by Capt. Justice for 3 years, recorded on the July 23, 1863 muster roll as absent without leave, no further records

*** This company subsequently became Company H, 10th Regiment (Diamond's) Kentucky Cavalry

M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky

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See also:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/10thkycav.html

http://mayhouse.org/notices/10th-Ky-Cav.html

http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/military/rosters/conf/10kycav.txt

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