21st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 21st Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Hobson , near Greensburg , Kentucky and Camp Ward , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 31 , 1861 and January 2 , 1862 at Green River Bridge , Kentucky under the command of Colonel Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley . Before the war , most of the regiment ' s men were members of " The Old Infantry " a state guard unit under the command of Captain Samuel Woodson Price , who would later command the regiment . The regiment was attached to 11th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 11th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to June 1862 . 7th Independent Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to July 1862 . 23rd Independent Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to August 1862 . 23rd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 23rd Brigade , 5th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . Unattached , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , to June 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to December 1865 . The 21st Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on December 9 , 1865 . Detailed service . Duty at Green River Bridge , Ky . , until March 1862 . Moved to Creelsboro ; thence to Nashville , Tenn . , and duty there until April 1 . Moved to Columbia , Tenn . , April 1 – 2 ; thence march to Shelbyville April 24 , and duty there until June 11 . Dumont ' s Expedition to Cumberland Mountain June 11 – 14 . Expedition to Wartrace June 17 – 19 . Moved to Tullahoma July 2 , thence to Duck Bridge July 4 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 20 - September 19 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 , Battle of Perryville October 8 ( reserve ) . Nelson ' s Cross Roads October 18 . Pittman ' s Cross Roads October 19 . Reconnaissance on Madison Road October 20 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 12 , and duty there until December 26 . Dobbins ' Ferry , near Lavergne , December 9 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Liberty Gap June 25 – 26 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountain and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Ringgold , Ga . , September 11 . Catlett ' s Gap September 15 . At Whitesides during battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . At Chattanooga , until October 1 . Action at Anderson ' s ( or Mountain Gap ) , near Smith ' s Cross Roads , October 1 . Anderson ' s Cross Roads October 2 . Duty in Sequatchie Valley until November 19 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill , Missionary Ridge , November 24 – 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . Chickamauga Station November 26 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 18 . At Chattanooga and Shellmound , Tenn . , until January 1864 . Regiment veteranized January 11 , 1864 , and veterans on furlough until March 30 . Moved to Cleveland , thence to Blue Springs , Tenn . , April 26 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Tunnel Hill May 6 – 7 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Burnt Hickory May 25 . 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 , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Jonesboro September 5 and 12 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood October 1 – 26 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . ; thence to Pulaski , Tenn . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Spring Hill November 29 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . Moved to Huntsville , Ala . , and duty there until March 1865 . Expedition to Bull ' s Gap and operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . At Nashville , Tenn . , until June . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , June 19 ; thence moved to Texas . Duty at Indianola and Victoria until December . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 218 men during service ; 3 officers and 57 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 6 officers and 152 enlisted men died of disease .