20th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 20th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Lexington , Kentucky , Camp Dick Robinson , and Smithfield , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on January 6 , 1862 . The regiment was attached to 22nd Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to February 1862 . 22nd Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 22nd Brigade , 4th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to December 1862 . District of West Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . Unassigned , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to August 1863 . District of Louisville , Kentucky , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , District of Kentucky , 5th Division , XXIII Corps , to May 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to December 1864 . Unattached , District of Kentucky , to January 1865 . The 20th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on January 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . The regiment united at Smithland and was ordered to Louisville , Ky . ; thence to Bardstown , Ky . , January 1862 , and duty there until February . March to Nashville , Tenn . , February 23 - March 12 ; thence march to Savannah , Tenn . , March 13 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Phillips ' Creek , Widow Serratt ' s , May 21 . Bridge Creek , before Corinth , May 28 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 and pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 6 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . March to Nashville , Tenn . ; thence to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg , August 20 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 , Glasgow , Ky . , October 5 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . Camp Wild Cat October 17 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 9 , and duty there until December 19 . Ordered to Bowling Green , Ky . , December 19 , and duty there and guarding railroad at various points in Kentucky until July 1863 . Morgan ' s attack on Lebanon July 5 . Regiment mostly captured , at Camp Nelson until July 28 . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , and provost duty there until May 15 , 1864 . Ordered to join Sherman ' s army in the field May 15 . Operations and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 30 - June 5 . Ackworth June 3 – 4 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes ' Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Decatur July 19 . Howard House July 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 . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , September , and guard duty there until January 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 233 men during service ; 36 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 194 enlisted men died of disease .