12th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 12th Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Caseyville and Owensboro , Kentucky and mustered in on November 17 , 1862 for three years under the command of Colonel Quintus C . Shanks . The regiment was attached to District of Western Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . Independent Cavalry Brigade , XXIII Corps , to November 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Department of the Ohio , to April 1864 . 3rd Brigade , Cavalry Division , District of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , May 1864 . 1st Brigade , Cavalry Division , XXIII Corps , to June 1864 . Detached Cavalry Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1864 . Dismounted Brigade , Cavalry Division , XXIII Corps , to September 1864 . 1st Brigade , Cavalry Division , XXIII Corps , September 1864 . District of Louisville , Kentucky , to November 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to March 1865 . 2nd Brigade , Cavalry Division , District of East Tennessee , to July 1865 . Cavalry Brigade , District of East Tennessee , to August 1865 . The 12th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service on August 23 , 1865 . Detailed service . Action at Owensboro , Ky . , September 18 , 1862 . Sutherland Farm September 19 . Action at Calhoun , Ky . , November 25 , 1862 . Operations against Morgan ' s Raid into Kentucky December 22 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Bear Wallow , Ky . , December 23 , 1862 . Near Glasgow December 24 . Bear Wallow and near Munfordville December 25 . Bacon Creek near Munfordville December 26 . Johnson ' s Ferry , Hamilton ' s Ford , Rolling Fork , December 29 . Boston , Ky . , December 29 . Duty in District of Western Kentucky until April 1863 . Creelsborough April 19 . Expedition to Monticello and operations in southeastern Kentucky April 26 - May 12 . Narrows , Horse Shoe Bottom , April 28 – 29 . Horse Shoe Bend , Greasy Creek , May 10 . Pursuit of Morgan through Kentucky , Indiana and Ohio July 2 – 26 . Marrowbone July 2 . Buffington ' s Island , Ohio , July 19 , Surrender of Morgan near Cheshire , Ohio , July 20 . New Lisbon , Ohio , July 26 . Ordered to Glasgow , Ky . , August 4 . Burnside ' s march into eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7 – 10 . Carter ' s Station September 20 – 21 . Jonesboro September 21 . Watauga River Bridge September 21 – 22 . Philadelphia October 20 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Little River November 14 – 15 . Stock Creek November 15 . Near Knoxville November 16 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 4 . Clinch Mountain December 6 . Rutledge December 7 . Bean ' s Station December 9 – 17 . Rutledge December 16 . Blain ' s Cross Roads December 16 – 19 . Bean ' s Station and Rutledge December 18 . Bend of Chucky Road near Dandridge January 16 – 17 . About Dandridge January 16 – 17 . Dandridge January 17 . About Dandridge January 26 – 28 . Flat Creek and Muddy Creek January 26 . Fair Garden January 27 . Dandridge January 28 . Moved to Lebanon , Ky . , February 3 – 12 . At Mt . Sterling until April . March from Nicholsville , Ky . , to Dalton , Ga . , April 29 - May 11 . Atlanta Campaign May 11 - September 8 . Vernell Station May 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Pine Log Creek May 18 . Cassville May 19 – 22 . Eutaw River May 20 . About Dallas May 25 - June 5 . Burned Church May 26 – 27 . Mt . Zion Church May 27 – 28 . Allatoona May 30 . Pine Mountain June 10 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Lost Mountain June 11 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . McAffee ' s Cross Roads June 20 . Cheyney ' s Farm June 22 . Olley ' s Cross Roads June 26 – 27 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Lost Mountain July 1 – 2 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , September 14 . Duty there at Lexington and Camp Nelson , Ky . , until November . Rally Hill November 29 . Burbridge ' s Saltville Expedition December 10 – 29 . Kingsport December 13 . Bristol December 14 . Near Glade Springs December 15 . Marion and capture of Wytheville , Va . , December 16 . Mt . Airey December 17 . Near Marion December 17 – 18 . Capture and destruction of salt works at Saltville , Va . , December 20 – 21 . Operations against Sue Mundy ' s guerrillas near Elizabethtown , Ky . , and in Green River counties January and February 1865 . Moved to Knoxville , Tenn . , March 20 and joined General Stoneman . Stoneman ' s Raid in southwest Virginia and western North Carolina March 20 - April 27 . Boone , N . C . , March 28 . Statesville April 10 – 11 . Shallow Ford and near Mocksville April 11 . Grant ' s Creek and Salisbury April 12 . Catawba River near Morgantown April 17 . Howard ' s Gap , Blue Ridge Mountains , April 22 . Near Hendersonville April 23 . Asheville April 25 . Return to eastern Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 233 men during service ; 3 officers and 22 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 204 enlisted men died of disease .