23rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 23rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 23rd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp King in Lexington , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on January 2 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Marcellus Mundy . The regiment was attached to District of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 23rd Independent Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to July 1862 . 10th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 10th Brigade , 4th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , to August 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , to June 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to December 1865 . The 23rd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on December 27 , 1865 . Detailed service . Garrison and guard duty in southern Kentucky and middle Tennessee January to August 1862 . Round Mountain , near Woodbury , Tenn . , August 27 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg , September 1 – 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 16 . Battle of Perryville October 8 ( reserve ) . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 17 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Lavergne December 27 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1865 . Woodbury January 24 . At Murfreesboro until June . Scout from Clarksville May 20 – 22 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . At Manchester until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Ringgold September 11 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 12 – 13 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , 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 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . Charlestown December 28 . Operations in eastern Tennessee December 1863 to April 1864 . Regiment veteranized at Blain ' s Cross Roads , Tenn . , January 5 , 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 , 1864 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton , Ga . , May 5 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . 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 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 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama October 1 – 26 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 29 . Moved to Huntsville , Ala . , and duty there until March 1865 . Expedition to Bull ' s Gap and operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . At Nashville , until June . Ordered to New Orleans , June 6 ; thence moved to Texas July . Duty at Indianola , Green Lake and Victoria until December . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 191 men during service ; 5 officers and 84 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 102 enlisted men died of disease .