> “B” Battery 623rd, National Guard Unit
The 623rd Field Artillery Regiment (Morgan's Men) is a single-battalion unit of the Kentucky Army National Guard. The unit draws its lineage from cavalry and infantry units of the Kentucky Militia formed in 1846 for service in the Mexican–American War. Its antecedents include units that served on both sides of the American Civil War as well as those that fought for the United States in the Spanish–American War, World War One and World War Two. The unit was first designated as the 623rd Field Artillery Battalion in 1947, serving under that name in the Korean War. It was part of the 138th Artillery Regiment in the 1960s before becoming the 623rd Artillery Regiment in 1969 and the 623rd Field Artillery Regiment in 1972. The unit served in the Gulf War as a self-propelled artillery unit; it is now equipped with the M142 HIMARS system.
The unit's special designation "Morgan's Men" refers to Confederate general John Hunt Morgan. The 623rd is one of a small number of US military units whose special designations refer to their Confederate lineage. The Kentucky National Guard is in the process of reviewing the designation for the 623rd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/623rd_Field_Artillery_Regiment