4th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 4th Kentucky Cavalry was organized at the state fairgrounds in Louisville , Kentucky on December 24 , 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment at Bardstown , Kentucky on January 6 , 1862 . It was mustered in under the command of Colonel Jesse Bayles . The regiment was with the unattached cavalry , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , Cavalry Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . District of Louisville , Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . District of Western Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division , Army of the Cumberland , to July 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to November 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to January 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to August 1865 . The 4th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service at Macon , Georgia on August 21 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Bardstown , Ky . , January 6 , 1862 , and duty there until March . Moved from Bardstown to Nashville , Tenn . , March 26 , 1862 , thence to Wartrace , Tenn . , April 8 , and duty in that vicinity until July . Action at Lebanon May 5 . Readyville June 7 . Rankin ' s Ferry near Jasper June 18 . Shell Mountain June 21 . Battle Creek June 21 and July 5 . Murfreesboro July 13 ( 4 companies ) . Moved to Tullahoma July 13 , and duty there until August . Sparta August 4 ( detachment ) . Raid on Louisville & Nashville Railroad August 19 – 21 ( detachment ) . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 22 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Near Perryville October 6 – 7 . Near Mountain Gap October 14 and 16 . Duty on southern border of Kentucky until February 1863 . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , February 9 , thence to Murfreesboro and Franklin , Tenn . Expedition to Spring Hill March 4 – 5 . Franklin March 4 . Thompson ' s Station , Spring Hill , March 5 . Expedition from Franklin to Columbia March 8 – 12 . Thompson ' s Station March 9 . Rutherford Creek March 10 – 11 . Spring Hill March 19 . Near Thompson ' s Station March 23 . Little Harpeth March 25 . Near Franklin March 31 . Thompson ' s Station May 2 . Franklin June 4 . Triune June 9 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Uniontown and Rover June 23 . Middleton June 24 . Fosterville , Guy ' s Gap and Shelbyville June 27 . Expedition to Huntsville July 13 – 22 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Maysville , Ala . , August 21 and 28 . Reconnaissance from Alpine , Ga . , toward Summerville September 10 . Skirmishes at Summerville September 10 and 15 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Moved to Bellefonte , Ala . , September 25 – 30 . Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30 - October 2 . Moved to Caperton ' s Ferry October 2 , and duty there until December 2 . Moved to Rossville , Ga . , December 2 – 5 , and duty there until January 6 , 1864 . Scout toward Dalton December 12 , 1863 . Skirmish at Lafayette December 12 . Scout to Lafayette December 21 – 23 . Veterans on furlough January to March 1864 . Near Chattanooga until May . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Duty in rear of army covering and protecting railroad at Wauhatchie , Lafayette , Calhoun , Dalton and Resaca . At Wauhatchie May 5 to June 18 . ( A detachment at Lexington , Ky . , June 10 , 1864 . ) At Lafayette until August 4 . Actions at Lafayette June 24 and 30 . At Calhoun August 4 to October 12 . Pine Log Creek and near Fairmount August 14 . Resaca October 12 – 13 . Near Summerville October 18 . Little River , Ala . , October 20 . Leesburg October 21 . Ladiga , Terrapin Creek , October 28 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , November 3 – 9 . Operations against Lyon in Kentucky December 6 – 28 . Hopkinsville , Ky . , December 16 . At Nashville , Tenn . , until January 9 , 1865 . Moved to Gravelly Springs , Ala . , and duty there until March . Wilson ' s Raid from Chickasaw , Ala . , to Macon , Ga . , March 22 - May 1 . Six - Mile Creek March 31 . Selma April 2 . Montgomery April 12 . Wetumpka April 13 . Fort Tyler , West Point , April 16 . Capture of Macon April 20 . Duty at Macon and in the Department of Georgia until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 180 men during service ; 1 officer and 30 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 148 enlisted men died of disease .