Army of October 1862
On October 7, 1862 Major General Gordon Granger revived the name "Army of Kentucky". It was originally composed of three divisions commanded respectively by generals Andrew J. Smith, Quincy A. Gilmore, and Absalom Baird.
This form of the army was unusual in the fact that on January 20, it was attached to the larger Army of the Cumberland. Baird's division fought at the Battle of Thompson's Station in March 1863 and nearly one entire brigade was captured there. In April, 1863 the army was composed of two divisions of infantry under Charles C. Gilbert and Absalom Baird with a brigade of cavalry under Green Clay Smith. A division of cavalry under David S. Stanley was attached as well as the garrison of Franklin, TN. In this formation the army fought at the Battle of the Harpeth River (or First Franklin) on April 10. On June 8, 1863 the Army of Kentucky essentially became the Reserve Corps of the Army of the Cumberland still under the command of Granger.
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