12th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . Company A of the 12th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson on September 26 , 1861 , while the remaining nine companies were organized near Waitsboro , Kentucky from December 1861 through January 1862 and mustered at Clio , Kentucky in January 1862 for a three - year enlistment . The regiment was attached to Thomas ' Command , Camp Dick Robinson , Kentucky , to November 1861 . 1st Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , III Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to December 1862 . District of Western Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to June 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to February 1865 , and Department of North Carolina to July 1865 . The 12th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on July 11 , 1865 . Detailed service . Actions at Albany and Travisville , Ky . , September 29 , 1861 ( Company A ) . Operations in Wayne and Clinton Counties and at Mill Springs , Ky . , November 1861 . At Camp Hoskins until December . Operations about Mill Springs December 1 – 13 . Action with Zollicoffer December 2 . Moved to Somerset and duty there until January 1862 . Battle of Mill Springs January 19 – 20 . Regiment mustered in at Clio , Ky . , January 1862 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . ; thence to Nashville , Tenn . , February 11 - March 2 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 20 - April 8 . Advance on and Siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville June 1 – 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 25 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 ( reserve ) . March to Lebanon , Ky . , and duty there until April 1863 . Operations against Morgan December 22 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Moved to Bowling Green , Ky . , April 10 . Duty there and at Russellville until August . Moved to Camp Nelson and Danville and Join Gen . Burnside . Burnside ' s march over Cumberland Mountains and Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . Occupation of Knoxville September 3 . Watauga River , Blue Springs , October 10 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Blain ' s Cross Roads December 15 – 16 . At Strawberry Plains until January 1864 . Regiment veteranized and moved to Louisville , Ky . Veterans on furlough until April 1 . At Burnside ' s Point until May . March to Chattanooga , thence to Burnt Hickory , Ga . , May 1 – 24 . Burnt Hickory May 25 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Raccoon Bottom June 2 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Burnt Hickory June 13 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Cheyney ' s Farm June 22 . Near Marietta June 23 . Olley ' s Farm June 26 – 27 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 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 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . Cedar Bluff , Ala . , October 27 . Moved to Nashville , thence to Pulaski . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Columbia Ford November 29 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Clifton , Tenn . , until January 16 . Moved to Washington , D . C . ; thence to Federal Point , N . C . , January 16 - February 9 . Operations against Hoke February 12 – 14 . Fort Anderson February 18 – 19 . Town Creek February 19 – 20 . Capture of Wilmington February 22 . Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26 . Advance on Goldsboro March 6 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 21 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 13 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at Greensboro , N . C . , until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 239 men during service ; 1 officer and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 193 enlisted men died of disease .