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This is a list of units that recruited in Russell County and the members of the companies which consisted of Russell County soldiers. That isn't to say that every man on this list served from Russell County, but most of them did.
In addition to the below units, soldiers from Russell County served in the following units in small numbers:
3rd Kentucky Infantry
Caldwell's Battalion Cavalry
6th Battalion Confederate Cavalry (13th Reserves)
7th Battalion Confederate Cavalry
McFarlane's Cavalry
King's Artillery Battery
Nottaway Light Artillery
4th Virginia Reserves
10th Kentucky Infantry (Diamond's)
50th Virginia Infantry
Ferguson's Battalion
64th Virginia Cavalry
51st Virginia Infantry
5th Kentucky Cavalry
Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion
45th Virginia Infantry
7th Kentucky Battalion
30th Virginia Infantry
27th Battalion Cavalry
Baldwin's Squadron
Jackson's Kanawha Light Arty
21st Infantry Battalion
Sawyer's Artillery Battery
23rd Battalion Infantry
4th Kentucky Cavalry
3rd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Showman's KY Cavalry
5th Partisan Texas Regiment
9th Texas Infantry
Levi's/Barr's Light Artillery
27th Kentucky Infantry
Note that some of these units only had one or two Russell County soldiers, and some probably had none. The list is compiled from service records and pension records, which were created 50 years or more after the War and often contain inaccuracies. Also, some of the above units (Caldwell's, McFarlane's, Baldwin's) later became other units listed below.
2nd Virginia State Line
16th Virginia Cavalry
21st Virginia Cavalry
22nd Virginia Cavalry
29th Virginia Infantry
34th Virginia Cavalry
37th Virginia Cavalry
37th Virginia Infantry
48th Virginia Infantry
Miscellaneous Russell County Soldiers
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