2nd Kentucky Infantry | Regimental History

A general intro to the 2nd Kentucky Regiment Infantry in the American Civil War coming soon.

Organization

   
  • Organized at Pendleton, Ohio, May and June, 1861.
  • Moved to the Kanawha Valley, West Va., July 10.
  • Attached to Kanawha Brigade, West Va., to October, 1861.
  • District of the Kanawha, West Va., to January, 1862.
  • 22nd Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1862.
  • 22nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862.
  • 22nd Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863.
  • 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1864.

Service

   
  • Campaign in West Virginia July to October, 1861.
  • Red House July 13 (Cos. "A," "B," "D," "F" and "K"). Barboursville July 16.
  • Scarrytown July 17.
  • Gauley's Bridge September 1.
  • Operations in Kanawha Valley October 19-November 16. Attack on Gauley by Floyd's Batteries November 1-9.
  • Gauley Bridge November 10.
  • At Charlestown, W. Va., December 4 to January 24, 1862.
  • Moved to Louisville, Ky.; thence to Bardstown February 5.
  • March to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 12.
  • March to Savannah, Tenn., March 13-April 5.
  • Battle of Shiloh April 6-7.
  • Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Phillips' Creek, Widow Serratt's, May 21.
  • Bridge Creek, before Corinth, May 28.
  • Occupation of Corinth May 30.
  • Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6.
  • Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August, March to Louisville, Ky.,in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 25.
  • Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22.
  • Battle of Perryville October 8. Camp Wild Cat October 17.
  • Destruction of Salt Works at Goose Creek October 23-24.
  • March to Nashville, Tenn., October 24-November 9.
  • Duty at Nashville till December 26.
  • Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30.
  • Lavergne December 26-27.
  • Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863.
  • Duty at Murfreesboro and Cripple Creek till June.
  • Expedition to Woodbury April 2.
  • Action at Snow Hill, Woodbury, April 3.
  • Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7.
  • At Manchester July 9 to August 16.
  • Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.
  • Pea Vine Creek, Ga., September 10.
  • Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13.
  • Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20.
  • Siege of Chattanooga September 24-October 27.
  • Reopening of Tennessee River October 26-29.
  • At Bridgeport, Ala., October 28, 1863, to January 26, 1864.
  • (A Detachment at Ringgold Gap, Ga., November 27, 1863, and on Demonstration on Dalton February 22-27, 1864. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.)
  • At Ooltewah, Ga., till May 17, and at Resaca till June 3.
  • Ordered home June 3.
  • Operations against Morgan in Kentucky till June 19.
  • Mt. Sterling June 9.
  • Mustered out June 19, 1864.

Casualties

   
  • Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 74 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 87 Enlisted men by disease. Total 165.