Lexington Rifles

"Our Laws, The Commands of Our Captain"

Recruiting Tent

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"Come at once, and come cheerfully, for I want no man in my command who has to be sent to his duty by a provost-marshal.  The work before us will be arduous, and will require brave hearts and willing hands.  Let no man falter or delay, for no time is to be lost.  Everyone must bring his horse and gun who can.  We ask only to meet the hireling legions of Lincoln."

 "The eyes of your brethren of the South are upon you.  Your gallant fellow citizens are flocking to our standard.  Then, greet them with the willing hands of fifty thousand of Kentucky’s brave."

Strike for the Green Graves of Your Sires!

Strike for Your Altars and Your Fires!

God, and Your Native Land.

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The Lexington Rifles – Company A, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry – is an organization that portrays John Hunt Morgan's cavalry skirmishers during the War for Southern Independence.  Affiliated with the Kentucky Cavalry Brigade, it is a fully democratic, family-oriented group of unreconstructed Confederates from...

Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Since this unit portrays cavalry skirmishers who fought while dismounted, horse ownership is not required for enlistment.  Membership is open to all who subscribe to the tenets of the organization, which may be referenced in our By-Laws and Special Orders.

In order to be considered for induction into the Lexington Rifles, prospective recruits are to submit enlistment papers and fulfill all membership requirements.  If the recruit is certified by the regimental surgeon to be sober and free from mental infirmity, his induction would be contingent upon an acceptance vote by the current members.

Recruits are mustered into service by taking an oath of allegiance to the Confederate States.  Following this, the recruit is paid an authorized bounty.  Currently, the Confederate government has authorized the regiment to pay enlistment bounties of $250 Confederate States currency.  An additional $400 C. S. currency will be paid for any horse or mule in fair condition.  All recruits are expected to furnish their own arms, for which they will receive, a monthly pay of $13 C. S. currency.

important notice !
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All who apply for enlistment will be considered, but close examination for
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SOBRIETY, MENTAL INFIRMITY, and MORAL TURPITUDE
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will be given to anyone from Tennessee, or north of the Ohio River.
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