19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 19th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Harwood in Harrodsburg , Kentucky and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on January 2 , 1862 under the command of Colonel William Jennings Landram . The regiment was attached to 20th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to February 1862 . 20th Brigade , 6th Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 27th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to November , 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 10th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to August 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Gulf , to March 1864 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , to June 1864 . Defenses of New Orleans , Louisiana , June 1864 . District of Baton Rouge , Louisiana , to January 1865 . The 19th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on January 26 , 1865 . Veterans and new recruits were transferred to the 7th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry . Detailed service . Moved to Somerset , Ky . , January 1862 , and duty there until April . Battle of the Cumberland Gap ( June 1862 ) Campaign March 28 - June 18 . At Cumberland Ford until June . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 - September 16 . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg ( now called Greenup in Greenup County , KY ) on the Ohio River September 16 - October 3 . Expedition to Charleston , Va . , October 21 - November 10 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , November 10 – 15 , and duty there until December 20 , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Battle of Chickasaw Bayou December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Battle of Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 15 – 22 , and duty there until March 10 . Expedition to Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 10 - April 5 . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , April 5 – 8 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson , Miss . , May 1 ; Battle of Champion Hill May 16 ; Battle of Big Black River Bridge May 17 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 , Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 5 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Camp at Big Black until August 13 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 13 . Duty at Carrollton , Brashear City and Berwick until October . Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30 . Grand Coteau ( Battle of Bayou Bourbeux ) November 3 . At New Iberia until December 19 . Moved to New Orleans December 19 , thence to Madisonville January 19 , and duty there until March . Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22 . Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26 . Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8 . Bayou de Paul April 8 . Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9 . Cane River Crossing Battle of Monett ' s Ferry April 22 – 23 . At Alexandria April 27 - May 13 . Near Alexandria May 2 – 9 . Retreat to Morganza April 13 – 20 . Mansura May 16 . Moved to Baton Rouge , La . , May 29 , and duty there until January 1865 . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , January 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 198 men during service ; 1 officer and 42 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 152 enlisted men died of disease .