Civil War Links

In honor of Memorial Day, I thought I’d list some web sites with information on the different regiments that are listed with our Russell County ancestors from the 1890 census.  In no particular order:

Kentucky in the Civil War:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_in_the_American_Civil_War

http://kdla.ky.gov/resources/civilwar.htm

http://www.geocities.com/KentuckyCivilWar/civilwarfortsandcamps.htm

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm#ky

Maps of battles in Kentucky with links to battle info:
http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/kentucky.html

 

13th Kentucky Cavalry:

Note:  I’m not sure how much longer the geocities sites will be available:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/8081/kycav13.html

Scroll Down for information on the 13th:
http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unkycav.htm

Company F:
http://yeahpot.com/cof13kycav.html

3rd Kentucky Infantry:

http://members.tripod.com/~KY3/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymercer/CivilWar/Union/3inf/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Infantry

3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry:
http://www.geocities.com/civil_war_in_ky/CSA-3rd-KY-Mtd-Inf.html

1st Kentucky Cavalry:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymercer/CivilWar/Union/1cav/

3rd Kentucky Cavalry:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymercer/CivilWar/Union/3cav/

http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bigsandyvalley/Union%20Regiments%20of%20Kentucky/3kycav.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Cavalry

5th Kentucky Cavalry:

http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bigsandyvalley/Union%20Regiments%20of%20Kentucky/5kycav.html

8th Kentucky Cavalry:  My own ancestor – Elias J. Smith, served in the 8th Kentucky Cav, Co. C

http://www.geocities.com/~etelamaki_home/8thkent.html