13th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 13th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Hobson near Greensburg , Kentucky and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on December 10 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Edward Henry Hobson . The regiment was attached to 16th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , December 1861 . 11th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 11th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 11th Brigade , 5th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to December 1862 . District of West Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to June 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to January 1865 . The 13th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on January 12 , 1865 . Detailed service . Duty on Green River , Ky . , until February 1862 . March to Bowling Green , Ky . ; thence to Nashville , Tenn . , February 15 - March 8 , and to Savannah , Tenn . , March 18 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , April 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 30 - June 12 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . March to Nashville , Tenn . ; thence to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg , August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Nelson ' s Cross Roads October 18 . Duty at Munfordville and other points in Kentucky November 1862 to August 1863 . Operations against Morgan December 22 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Boston December 29 , 1862 . Burnside ' s march over Cumberland Mountains and campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . At Loudon , Tenn . , September 4 to November 14 . Ruff ' s Ferry November 14 . Near Loudon and Holston River November 15 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Near Lexington December 15 . Scott ' s Mill Road , near Knoxville , January 27 , 1864 . Duty in eastern Tennessee until April . March to Chattanooga , April . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 5 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Dalton May 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cassville May 19 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Ackworth June 2 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 , Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes ' Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Decatur July 19 . Howard House July 20 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Ordered to Kentucky September , and duty at Bowling Green until January 1865 . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , and mustered out January 12 , 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 245 men during service ; 8 officers and 50 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 6 officers and 181 enlisted men died of disease .