17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment April 25, 1865 - September 20, 1865 United States Union Cavalry The 17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 17th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Russellville, Kentucky and mustered in for one year. It mustered in under the command of Colonel Samuel F. Johnson. The regiment was attached to Military Department of Kentucky and assigned to duty at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in southern Kentucky, along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The 17th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out on September 20, 1865. Casualties The regiment lost no members during service. Commanders Colonel Samuel F. Johnson See also American Civil War United States List of Kentucky Civil War Units Kentucky in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Attribution Category:Military units and formations established in 1865 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Kentucky Category:1865 establishments in Kentucky