Service
The 53rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry was organized at Covington, Kentucky and mustered in September 1864 under the command of Colonel Clinton J. True.
The regiment was attached to Military District of Kentucky and Department of Kentucky, to September 1865.
The 53rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry mustered out of service September 17, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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