Panayot Hitov's Detachment

In 1867, Panayot Hitov's detachment set out towards eastern Bulgaria with thirty-one volunteers, growing to forty-eight after men from the Golden Hope and Filip Totyu detachments joined it. It crossed the Danube from Romania east of Tutrakan and followed this route: Belitsa, Pobit Kamak, west of Razgrad, Blagoevo, the upper Cherni Lom River, Prolaz to the east in the Targovishte region, between Omurtag and Kamburovo, between Zelena Morava and Gorsko Selo in the Omurtag region, Ticha in the Kotel region, and the area around Kotel. It reached this point on 10 May 1867 after a journey of almost two weeks. As it approached Kotel on 12 May, the Golden Hope detachment from Tulcea joined it. On 13 May, Tsonko Petranov separated with nine men to carry out specific tasks within the overall plan for Hitov's detachment's movements and activities. Passing through Zheravna, Neykovo and Ichera, the detachment headed into the Sliven Balkan Mountains and reached Sliven on 16 May.

During May and June 1867, Panayot Hitov's detachment travelled mainly through the eastern Balkan Mountains around Sliven and Kotel. Throughout its three-month journey along the mountains, it frequently encountered Turkish pursuers. After Golden Hope joined on 12 May, two further groups from other detachments joined: one from Todor Harboolu's detachment on 28 May, and another from Filip Totyu's defeated detachment in July. On 21 June 1867, the detachment split in two. Zhelyo Chernev and seventeen men remained in the Sliven Balkan Mountains, while Hitov led the other twenty-three towards Serbia along the Balkan ridge. During their journey, they confronted Turkish pursuers, fell into ambushes and fought their attackers. In Serbia, they were detained in Knjaževac for around a month while the Serbian government decided what to do with them. Later, most members joined the Second Bulgarian Legion then forming in Belgrade.

The detachment joined the Second Bulgarian Legion in Belgrade.