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"This story shall the good man teach his son;...
From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered.
We few, we happy few, we Band of Brothers,
For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother."
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– Excerpt from speech of Henry V on St. Crispin's Day, before the Battle of Agincourt, 1415
from Henry V (Act IV, Scene III) by William Shakespeare, 1599

Pvt. Geo. Hawkins Camp Douglas Prisoners Pvt. Geo. W. Bowman
Co. H, 2nd KY Cavalry Co. D, 2nd KY Cavalry

On October 27, 1861, the Lexington Rifles, with 84 men reporting for duty, were mustered into Confederate States’ service on the steps of the Green River Baptist Church in Woodsonville, Kentucky. The oath of enlistment was administered by Major William Preston Johnston, who was both the son of General Albert Sidney Johnston and the nephew of General William Preston. Elections to determine the Company's officers were held thereafter.

While stationed at Woodsonville along the Confederate defensive line paralleling the Green River, the Lexington Rifles became known as "Morgan's Company". They were later designated as Company A when two other cavalry companies joined with them to form a Squadron, with John Morgan as its commander.

The following is a list of the men who were sworn into service on October 27th. This list was found with Colonel Hal Engerud’s personal papers at the Hart County Historical Museum in Munfordville. While all sources state that a total of 84 men took the oath, this record contains only 76.

PVT Peter Adams	PVT Benjamin Drake	PVT Joseph Norvell
PVT James P. Allen	PVT W. W. Early	PVT Thomas Quirk
PVT J. R. Arnett	PVT Henry Elder	PVT Charles Riddle
PVT J. C. Ashford	PVT George W. Farmer	PVT B. B. Robards
PVT Clayton Aubrey	PVT Walter Ferguson	PVT Bowlin Roberts
PVT Thomas Ballard	PVT Richard Gibbons	PVT Greenberry Roberts
PVT James E. Bell	PVT R. P. Gorham	PVT Samuel Scott
PVT James Bentley	PVT John H. Green	PVT J. H. Sellers
PVT Thomas Berry	PVT E. O. Hawkins	PVT H. Clay Shelby
PVT Benjamin Biggstaff	PVT Xenophon Hawkins	PVT Jefferson W. Sisson
PVT A. Z. Boyer	PVT Henry Hukill	PVT John Sisson
PVT George W. Brown	Pvt. Thomas Howe	PVT James A. Smith
PVT William Henry Burks	PVT George Hayden	PVT William E. Spencer
PVT Charles Byrnes	PVT M. C. Johnson	PVT John Travis
PVT John Calvin	PVT D. H. Llewellyn	PVT Robert Tyler
PVT George Cantrell	PVT Edward Loney	PVT A. J. Wilson
PVT James T. Carpenter	PVT John Lord	PVT J. W. Wilson
PVT George E. Cassell	PVT Robert Lowery	PVT J. W. West
PVT Lewis Cook	PVT Winder Monroe	PVT Henry White
PVT Milton Craig	PVT Samuel D. Morgan	PVT Pleasant Whitlow
PVT W. H. Craig	PVT Tho. Hunt Morgan	PVT Ambrose Young
PVT Jesse Davis