15th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 15th Kentucky Infantry was organized at New Haven , Kentucky and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on December 14 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Curran Pope . The regiment was attached to 16th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 17th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to January 1862 . 17th Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 17th Brigade , 3rd Division , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to April 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to November 1863 . Post of Chattanooga to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to November 1864 . The 15th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on January 14 , 1865 . Detailed Service Timeline . Duty at New Haven and Bacon Creek , Ky . , until February 1862 . Advance on Bowling Green , Ky . , February 10 – 15 . Occupation of Bowling Green February 15 – 22 . Advance on Nashville , Tenn . , February 22 – 25 . Advance on Murfreesboro , Tenn . , March 17 – 19 . Occupation of Shelbyville , Fayetteville , and advance on Huntsville , Ala . , March 18 - April 11 . Capture of Huntsville April 11 . Advance on Decatur , Ala . , April 11 – 14 . Action at West Bridge , near Bridgeport , Ala . , April 29 . At Huntsville until August . Guntersville and Law ' s Landing July 28 . Old Deposit Ferry July 29 , March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 27 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Bacon Creek , near Munfordville , Ky . , December 26 ( detachment ) . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro until June 1863 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Hoover ' s Gap June 24 – 26 . Occupation of Tullahoma July 1 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Steven ' s Gap September 6 . Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 21 . Rossville Gap September 21 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . In reserve , post duty at Chattanooga , until April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . 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 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Buckhead , Nancy ' s Creek , July 18 . Battle of Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Red Oak August 29 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood October 1 – 26 . Duty at Chattanooga , and Bridgeport , Ala . , until December . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 251 men during service ; 9 officers and 128 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 113 enlisted men died of disease .