Kentucky Civil War Union Artillery Units

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 Heavy Artillery (African descent) (Union) Designated the 7th Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Heavy), afterward 8th Regiment, United States Colored Artillery(Heavy)


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


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


 * Independent Battery A, Kentucky Light Artillery (Union) Organized at Camp Joe Holt, Kentucky, from Louisville Legion July, 1861, as Stone's Battery, and mustered in at Camp Muldraugh's Hill, Kentucky, September 27, 1861 Duty at San Antonio, Texas, and at Victoria, Texas, until November. Mustered out November 17, 1865.


 * Independent Battery B, Kentucky Light Artillery (Union) Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, as Company "D," 3rd Kentucky Infantry, but mustered in as a Battery October 8, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and mustered out November 16, 1864.


 * Independent Battery C, Kentucky Light Artillery (Union) Commenced organizing at Lebanon, Kentucky, May, 1863. Morgan's attack on Lebanon, Kentucky, July 3, 1863. Battery captured. Reorganized at Louisville, Kentucky, September 10, 1863. Ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, and post duty there until July. Mustered out July 26, 1865.


 * Independent Battery E, Kentucky Light Artillery (Union) Organized at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, October to December, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1863. District of Somerset, Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Kentucky, District of Kentucky, to August, 1865. Duty at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Kentucky, until August, 1865. Mustered out August 1, 1865.


 * Simmonds' Battery, Kentucky Light Artillery (Union) Organized at Pendleton, Ohio, from Company "E," 1st Kentucky Infantry, June 3, 1861. Mustered out July 20, 1865.