1st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Liberty , Burkesville , and Monticello , Kentucky and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on October 28 , 1861 . It was mustered in under the command of Colonel Frank Lane Wolford . The regiment was attached to Thomas ' Command , Camp Dick Robinson , Ky . , to December 1861 . 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . ( 5 companies attached to Garfield ' s 18th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , December 1861 to March 1862 . ) Unattached , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , Cavalry Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . Post Gallatin , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to April 1863 . District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . Independent Cavalry Brigade , XXIII Corps , to November 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Ohio , to May 1864 . Independent Brigade , Cavalry Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1864 . 4th Brigade , 1st Division , District of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to December 1864 . Camp Nelson , Military District of Kentucky , to September 1865 . The 1st Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service at Camp Nelson on September 20 , 1865 . Detailed service . Near Rockcastle Hills October 18 , 1861 . Camp Wild Cat October 21 . Fishing Creek December 8 . ( 5 companies sent to Prestonsburg , Ky . , December 10 and Join Garfield . Garfield ' s operations against Humphrey Marshall December 23 , 1861 to January 20 , 1862 . Middle Creek , near Prestonburg , January 10 , 1862 . ) Near Logan ' s Cross Roads , Mill Springs , on Fishing Creek , January 19 – 20 , 1862 . Near Cumberland Gap February 14 ( detachment ) . Big Creek Gap and Jacksboro March 14 ( detachment ) . Reconnaissance to Cumberland Gap March 21 – 23 ( 1st Battalion ) . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , April . Purdy and Lebanon May 5 . Duty at Shelbyville , Columbia , Mt . Pleasant , Lawrenceburg , Pulaski and Murfreesboro , Tenn . , until August . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Capture of 3rd Georgia Cavalry at New Haven September 29 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Near Perryville October 6 – 7 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . Danville October 11 . Near Mountain Gap October 14 and 16 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 . Ordered to Kentucky November . Operations against Morgan December 1862 to January 1863 . Operations against Pegram March 22 - April 1 . Danville March 24 . Dutton ' s Hill , near Somerset , March 30 . Expedition to Monticello and operations in southeast Kentucky April 25 - May 12 . Howe ' s Ford , Weaver ' s Store , April 28 . Monticello May 1 . Neal Springs May . Near Mill Springs May 29 . Monticello and Rocky Gap June 9 . Saunders ' raid in eastern Tennessee June 14 – 24 . Lenoir June 19 . Knoxville June 19 – 20 . Strawberry Plains and Rogers ' Gap June 20 . Powder Springs Gap June 21 . Columbia and Creelsborough June 29 . Pursuit of Morgan July 2 – 26 . Marrowbone , Burkesville , July 2 . Columbia July 3 . Martin ' s Creek July 10 . Buffington ' s Island . Ohio , July 19 . Near Lisbon July 26 . Operation against Scott in eastern Kentucky . Lancaster and Paint Lick Bridge July 31 . Lancaster August 1 . Smith ' s Shoals , Cumberland River , August 1 . Burnside ' s campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . Calhoun and Charleston September 25 . Near Philadelphia September 27 and October 15 . Philadelphia October 20 . Motley ' s Ford , Little Tennessee River , November 4 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Marysville November 14 . Little River November 14 – 15 . Stock Creek November 15 . Near Knoxville November 16 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Pursuit of Longstreet December 5 – 23 . About Bean Station December 9 – 13 . Operations about Dandridge January 16 – 17 , 1864 . Bend of Chucky River , near Dandridge , January 16 . Dandridge January 17 . Flat and Muddy Creek January 26 . Seviersville January 26 . Near Fair Garden January 27 . Moved to Mt . Sterling , Ky . , February 17 – 26 , and duty there reorganizing until April . March to Tunnel Hill , Ga . , May 1 – 12 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstrations on Dalton May 9 – 13 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Lost Mountain June 10 and 15 - 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Operations on line of Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Campbellton July 4 . On line of the Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . About Atlanta July 22 – 27 . Stoneman ' s raid to Macon July 27 - August 6 . Macon and Clinton July 30 . Sunshine Church July 30 – 31 . Ordered to Mt . Sterling , Ky . , September . Duty at Camp Nelson , Ky . , and at other points in Kentucky until December . Mustered out December 31 , 1864 . Veterans and recruits consolidated to a battalion of 3 companies and on duty at various points in Kentucky , operating against guerrillas and quieting country , until September 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 344 men during service ; 5 officers and 56 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 282 enlisted men died of disease .