Served in Company G of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry. Dortch's 2nd Battalion Kentucky Cavalry is a different unit than the 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles. Dortch's Battalion was a field organization of the men that did not go or escaped capture during Morgan's Indiana-Ohio Raid in July 1863. After the unsuccessful raid, Col. Adam R. Johnson reorganized Morgan's men into two separate battalions. Those men in the First Brigade were organized into Kirkpatrick's 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, which was commanded by Capt. John D. Kirkpatrick. Those men in the Second Brigade were organized into Dortch's 2d Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, commanded by Capt. John Baker Dortch, formerly of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry. Married Phoebe Brown in 1880.
Served in Company G of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry. Dortch's 2nd Battalion Kentucky Cavalry is a different unit than the 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles. Dortch's Battalion was a field organization of the men that did not go or escaped capture during Morgan's Indiana-Ohio Raid in July 1863. After the unsuccessful raid, Col. Adam R. Johnson reorganized Morgan's men into two separate battalions. Those men in the First Brigade were organized into Kirkpatrick's 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, which was commanded by Capt. John D. Kirkpatrick. Those men in the Second Brigade were organized into Dortch's 2d Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, commanded by Capt. John Baker Dortch, formerly of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry. Married Phoebe Brown in 1880.
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Cap't John B. Dortch
3rd Ky. Cav. C.S.A.
May 11, 1830
Mar. 8 1910
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