Service
The 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry was organized at Covington, Kentucky and mustered in September 1864 under the command of Colonel Weden O'Neal.
The regiment was attached to Military District of Kentucky and Department of Kentucky, to September 1865.
The 55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry mustered out of service on September 19, 1865.
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