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.  Proudly Affiliated with the Kentucky Cavalry Brigade, it is a fully democratic and family-oriented group of unreconstructed Confederates from...

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

This organization participates in monthly re-enactment events from April to October, and all who may be interested in joining the Midwest's most elite Confederate cavalry company are invited to contact us.  Since the Company portrays cavalry skirmishers who fought while dismounted, horse ownership is not necessary for enlistment.  

Membership is open to all eligible persons who fulfill the requirements and subscribe to the tenets of this organization, which may be referenced in the By-Laws and Special Orders that are published on this site.  Thereafter, induction as a member is contingent upon acceptance vote by the Company. 

Accepted recruits are mustered into service by taking an oath of allegiance to the Confederate States.  The Confederate government has authorized the regiment to pay enlistment bounties of $250 Confederate States currency to any qualified recruit, and an additional $400 C.S. 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 $13 C.S. monthly pay.

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All applications 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, Missouri or North of the Ohio River.
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