4th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 9 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Speed Smith Fry . In February 1864 , the regiment was reorganized at Lexington , Kentucky as the 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry . The regiment was attached to Thomas ' Command , Army of the Ohio , to November 1861 . 2nd Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , III Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , to October 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , to June 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to November 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division of Mississippi , to August 1865 . The 4th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Macon , Georgia on August 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Crab Orchard , Ky . , October 28 , 1861 , thence to Lebanon , Ky . , and duty there until January 1862 . Advance on Camp Hamilton January 1 – 15 . Action at Logan ' s Cross Roads on Fishing Creek January 19 . Battle of Mill Springs January 19 – 20 . Duty at Mill Springs until February 11 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , thence to Nashville , Tenn . , February 11 - March 2 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 20 - April 7 . Expedition to Bear Creek , Ala . , April 12 – 13 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . Action at Decatur August 7 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , thence to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 20 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 16 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . March to Gallatin , Tenn . , and duty there until January 13 , 1863 . Operations against Morgan December 22 , 1862 – January 2 , 1863 . Action at Boston December 29 , 1862 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , January 13 , 1863 , and duty there until June . Expedition toward Columbia March 4 – 14 . Tullahoma Campaign June 24 - July 7 . Hoover ' s Gap June 24 – 26 . Tullahoma June 29 – 30 . Elk River July 3 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 21 . Siege of Chattanooga , September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Veterans on furlough January and February 1864 . Regiment changed to mounted infantry and reorganized at Lexington , Ky . Moved to Lafayette , Ga . , May 16 - June 11 . At Villenow Valley and Snake Creek Gap , Ga . , guarding railroad until July . Lafayette June 24 . Near Atlanta June 26 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . McCook ' s Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad and Macon & Western Railroad July 27 – 31 . Lovejoy ' s Station July 29 . Near Newnan July 30 . At Kingston , Ga . , until September 17 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , thence to Franklin and pursuit of Forrest September 25 - October 10 . Pulaski , Tenn . , September 26 , 27 and 29 . Muscle Shoals , near Florence , Ala . , October 30 . Near Shoal Creek , Ala . , October 31 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Shoal Creek , near Florence , November 5 – 6 . On line of Shoal Creek November 16 – 20 . Fouche Springs November 23 . Campbellsville November 24 . In front of Columbia November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Lynnville and Richland Creek December 24 – 25 . Pulaski December 25 – 26 . Expedition into Mississippi January 15 – 21 , 1865 . Wilson ' s Raid to Macon , Ga . , March 22 - May 1 . Trion , Ala . , April 1 . Northport , near Tuscaloosa , April 3 . Occupation of Tuscaloosa April 4 . Occupation of Talladega April 22 . Munford ' s Station April 23 . Rejoin Wilson at Macon May 1 . Duty at Macon and in Georgia until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 459 men during service ; 1 officer and 118 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 326 enlisted men died of disease .