2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 2nd Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh ' s Hill , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 9 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Buckner Board . The regiment was attached to Rousseau ' s Brigade , McCook ' s Command , Army of the Ohio , October 1861 to December 1861 . 2nd Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . Unattached Cavalry , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . Cavalry , 1st Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Cavalry Division , Army of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to November 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to July 1865 . The 2nd Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service at Camp Joe Holt beginning on July 9 , 1865 , and ending on July 27 , 1865 . Detailed service . At Bacon Creek and Green River , Ky . , until February 1862 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , February 10 – 25 , thence to Savannah , Tenn . , March 31 - April 7 . Battle of Shiloh , April 7 – 8 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Duty at Corinth until June 10 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Woodburn , Ky . , September 10 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Near Bardstown October 4 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . Pursuit to London October 10 – 22 . Bloomfield October 18 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 . Duty there until December 26 . Nolensville December 20 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro until June . Expedition to McMinnville April 20 – 30 . Wartrace Road June 13 . Tullahoma Campaign June 24 - July 7 . Near Hillsborough June 29 . Tullahoma July 1 . Bob ' s Cross Roads July 1 . Moore ' s Ford and Rock Creek Ford , Elk River , July 2 . Boiling Fork , near Winchester , July 3 . Expedition to Huntsville July 13 – 22 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Alpine , Ga . , September 3 and 8 . Reconnaissance toward LaFayette September 10 . Neal ' s Gap September 17 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Near Philadelphia September 27 . Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30 - October 17 . Pitt ' s Cross Roads , Sequatchie Valley , October 2 . Hill ' s Gap , Thompson ' s Cove , October 3 . Murfreesboro Road , near McMinnville , October 4 . McMinnville October 4 . Farmington October 7 . Sim ' s Farm , near Shelbyville , October 7 . Lookout Mountain November 24 ( detachment ) . Mission Ridge November 25 ( detachment ) . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . At Bridgeport , Ala . , until May 1864 . Scouts to Caperton ' s Ferry March 28 ( detachment ) . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Near Resaca May 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Kingston May 24 . Dalton May 27 . Rousseau ' s Raid from Decatur on West Point & Montgomery Railroad July 10 – 22 . Ten Island Ford , Coosa River , July 14 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . McCook ' s Raid on Atlanta and West Point and Macon & Western Railroad July 27 – 31 . Lovejoy ' s Station and Smith ' s Cross Roads July 29 . Clear Creek and near Newman ' s July 30 . Kilpatrick ' s Raid around Atlanta August 18 – 22 . Camp Creek August 18 . Jonesboro August 19 . Lovejoy ' s Station August 20 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Flint River Station August 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood September 29 - November 3 . Camp Creek September 30 . Sweetwater and Noyes Creek , near Powder Springs , October 1 – 3 . Van Wert October 9 – 10 . Marietta November 6 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Lovejoy ' s Station November 16 . Griswoldsville November 22 . Sylvan Grove and near Waynesboro November 27 . Waynesboro November 27 – 28 . Near Waynesboro November 28 . Near Louisville November 30 . Millen or Shady Grove December 1 . Waynesboro December 4 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Blackville , S . C . , February 7 . Williston February 8 . Johnson ' s Station February 10 . Phillips Cross Roads , N . C . , March 4 . Monroe ' s Cross Roads March 8 . Averysboro , Taylor ' s Hole Creek , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Raleigh and Moresville April 13 . Chapel Hill April 15 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at Mt . Olive , Lexington and Durham , N . C . , until July . Mustered out at Camp Joe Holt , Ky . , July 9 – 27 , 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 179 men during service ; 5 officers and 51 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 122 enlisted men died of disease .