Kentucky Civil War Union Units 1st through 19th

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The information in this list of Kentucky Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.


 * 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Liberty, Burkeville and Monticello, Kentucky, October, 1861, and mustered in October 28, 1861. Veterans and recruits consolidated to a Battalion of 3 Companies and on duty at various points in Kentucky, operating against guerrillas and quieting country, until September, 1865. Mustered out September 20, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Wolford's Cavalry) (Union) The 1st Kentucky Cavalry consolidated with the 6th Veteran Cavalry to create the 1st Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry.


 * 1st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) First organized at Pendleton, Ohio, for three months April and May, 1861, but not recognized by Kentucky until June, when reorganized for three years. Duty at Pendleton, Ohio, April to July, 1861. Operations against Morgan's Invasion of Kentucky May 31-June 18. Mt. Sterling June 9. Mustered out June 18, 1864.


 * 1st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Union) Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Louisville Provost Guard, Kentucky Volunteers (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Heavy Artillery (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh's Hill, Kentucky, September 9, 1861, to February 13, 1862. Mustered out at Camp Joe Holt, Kentucky, July 9-27, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Union)


 * 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Pendleton, Ohio May and June, 1861. Ordered home June 3. Operations against Morgan in Kentucky until June 19. Mt. Sterling June 9. Mustered out June 19, 1864.


 * 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (3 months, 1861)(Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized in Calhoun and McLean Counties, Kentucky, December 13, 1861. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Lexington, North Carolina, and in the Dept. of North Carolina until July. Mustered out July 15, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, October 8, 1861. Louisville, Kentucky, October 6. Mustered out by Companies October 13, 1864, to January 10, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Louisville, Kentucky, December 24, 1861. Capture of Macon April 20. Duty at Macon and in the Dept. of Georgia until August. Mustered out August 21, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, October 9, 1861. At Macon May 1. Duty at Macon and in Georgia until August. Mustered out August 17, 1865.


 * 5th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Columbus, Kentucky, December, 1861, to February, 1862, and mustered in at Gallatin, Tennessee, March 31, 1862. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Mustered out May 3, 1865.


 * 5th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Joe, Holt, Kentucky, September 9, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June. Mustered out July 25, 1865.


 * 5th Battery, Kentucky Artillery (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit


 * 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized in Central Kentucky July to October, 1862. Non-Veterans mustered out at Edgefield July 14, 1865. Regiment mustered out September 6, 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Sigel, Muldraugh's Hill and Shepherdsville, Kentucky, September 9 to December 24, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, Mustered out September 23, 1864, to January 2, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at large and mustered in at Paris, Kentucky, August 16, 1862. Duty at Macon until June and at Nashville, Tennessee until July. Mustered out July 10, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) "One of the first Recruited in the State. Old 3rd." Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, September 22, 1861. At Baton Rouge until May 1, 1865, and at Clinton until March, 1866. Mustered out March 11, 1866.


 * 8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Russellsville, Kentucky, and mustered in August 13, 1862. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19. Mustered out September 23, 1863.


 * 8th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Estill Springs and Lebanon, Kentucky, October, 1861. At Bridgeport, Alabama, until January, 1865. Mustered out February, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry.


 * 9th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Emminence, Kentucky, August 22, 1862. Duty at Emminence till September. Mustered out September 11, 1863.


 * 9th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Boyle, Adair County, Kentucky, and mustered in November 20, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky November 22. Mustered out December 15, 1864.


 * 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Covington, Lexington and Crab Orchard, Kentucky, for one year's service, September 8 to November 11, 1862. Expedition from Beaver Creek into Southwest Virginia July 3-11, 1863. Gladesville, Virginia, July 7. Regiment mustered out September 17, 1863.


 * 10th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Lebanon, Kentucky, November 21, 1861. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division (Centre), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to December, 1864. Moved to Ringgold, Georgia, thence to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and duty there until November. Ordered to Kentucky November 14. Mustered out December 6, 1864. (Union)


 * 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Companies "A," "C," "D" and "F" organized at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, July, 1862. Balance at Louisville, Kentucky, September 26, 1862. Moved to Atlanta, Georgia, thence to Louisa, Kentucky. Mustered out July 12 to 17, 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Calhoun, Kentucky, December 9,1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, November 14; thence to Bowling Green, Kentucky, and duty there until December. Mustered out December 16, 1864. (Union)


 * 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Kentucky, November 17, 1862. Returned to East Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater until August. Mustered out August 23, 1865.


 * 12th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Company "A" organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, September 26, 1861, and other companies near Waitsboro, Pulaski County, Kentucky, October, 1861, to January, 1862. Duty at Greensboro, North Carolina, until July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.


 * 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Columbia, Ky., December 22, 1863. At Camp Nelson, Kentucky, until January 10, 1865. Mustered out January 19, 1865.


 * 13th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Hobson, near Greensburg, Kentucky, and mustered in at Green River December 10, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and mustered out January 12, 1865.


 * 14th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Companies "A," "B," "C" and "D" organized at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and mustered in November 6, 1862. Other Companies organized at Irvine, Kentucky, August 21, 1862, to February 13, 1863. Lancaster August 1. Mustered out September 16, 1863, to March 24, 1864.


 * 14th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Wallace, Lawrence County, Kentucky, December 10, 1861. at Louisa, Kentucky, protecting Virginia line until September, 1865. Mustered out September 15,1865.


 * 15th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Owensborough, Kentucky, October, 1862. Expedition from Paducah, Kentucky, to McLemoresville, Tennessee, September 20-30. Mustered out October 6 to 29, 1863.


 * 15th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at New Haven, Kentucky, December 14, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and mustered out January 14, 1865.


 * 16th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Paducah, Kentucky, September, 1863. Near Rheatown, Duvall's Ford, Watauga River, September 30. Consolidated with 12th Kentucky Cavalry October 15, 1864.


 * 16th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Kenton in fall of 1861 and mustered in January 27, 1862. Duty at Greensburg, North Carolina until July. Mustered out July 15, 1865.


 * 17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) Organized at Russellsville, Kentucky, April 25, 1865. Assigned to duty at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in Southern Kentucky, along Louisville &amp; Nashville Railroad. Mustered out September 20, 1865.


 * 17th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Hartford and Calhoun, Kentucky, September to December, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, December, and mustered out January 23, 1865.


 * 18th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at large and mustered in February 8, 1862. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June. Mustered out July 18, 1865.


 * 19th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 19th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union) Organized at Camp Harwood, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and mustered in January 2, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and there mustered out January 26, 1865.