6th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 6th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Muldraugh ' s Hill and Shepherdsville , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 24 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Walter Chiles Whitaker . The regiment was attached to Rousseau ' s 1st Brigade , McCook ' s Command , at Nolin , Kentucky , to November 1861 . 12th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 12th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to January 1862 . 19th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 19th Brigade , 4th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXI Corps , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , to August 1864 . 1st Brigade , Defenses of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad , to September 1864 . Unattached , 4th Division , XX Corps , to November 1864 . District of Kentucky to January 1865 . The 6th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky from September 23 , 1864 to January 2 , 1865 . Detailed service . Engaged in the defense of eastern Kentucky before muster . Moved to Lebanon , Ky . , November 28 , 1861 . Skirmish at Bagdad , Selby County , Ky . , December 12 , 1861 . At Camp Wyckliffe , Ky . , until February 1862 . Advance on Nashville , Tenn . , February 14 – 25 . Occupation of Nashville February 25 - March 18 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 18 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , April 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 , and pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . Flat Lick , Tenn . , August 17 ( detachment ) . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 17 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg to London , Ky . , October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . Danville October 11 . Near Crab Orchard October 15 . Wild Cat Mountain , near Crab Orchard , and Big Rockcastle River , near Mt . Vernon , October 18 . Pittman ' s Cross Roads October 19 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 23 - November 6 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro , Tenn . , December 26 – 30 . Springfield , Ky . , December 30 ( detachment ) . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro until June . Woodbury January 24 . Expedition to Woodbury April 2 . Snow Hill , Woodbury , April 3 . Tullahoma Campaign June 24 - July 7 . Liberty Gap June 24 – 27 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills , Ga . , September 11 – 13 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Brown ' s Ferry October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . Operations in eastern Tennessee December 1863 to April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to August 19 , 1864 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Pickett ' s Mills May 27 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Pace ' s Ferry July 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 19 . Ordered to Chattanooga , Tenn . , August 19 . Garrison duty there and at Bridgeport , Ala . , until November 2 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . ; thence ordered to Louisville , Ky . Mustered out September 23 , 1864 to January 2 , 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 216 men during service ; 10 officers and 105 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 96 enlisted men died of disease .