26th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 26th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Owensboro , Kentucky July - November 1861 and mustered in at Nashville , Tennessee for a three year enlistment on March 5 , 1862 . The regiment was attached to 14th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , November 1861 to December 1861 . 14th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 14th Brigade , 5th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , November 1862 . District of Western Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . Unattached , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . Unattached , Bowling Green , Kentucky , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , to October 1863 . District of Southwest Kentucky , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , District of Kentucky , 5th Division , XXIII Corps , to December 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to February 1865 , and Department of North Carolina to July 1865 . The 26th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 10 , 1865 . Detailed service . Action at Woodbury , Ky . , October 29 , 1861 . Morgantown , Ky . , October 31 , 1861 . Moved from Owensboro to Calhoun , Ky . , November 1861 , and duty there until February 1862 . Action at Whippoorwill Creek , Ky . , December 1 , 1861 . Moved to South Carrollton , thence to Calhoun , Owensboro and Nashville , Tenn . , February 1862 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 17 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , April 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . 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 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . Nelson ' s Cross Roads October 18 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 . Ordered to Bowling Green , Ky . , November 22 , and duty there until January 1863 . Action at Woodbury , Ky . , July 5 , 1863 . Regiment veteranized at Camp Nelson , Ky . , January 1864 , and on furlough until March . Duty at Bowling Green , Ky . Mounted and engaged in post duty and scouting from Bowling Green to the Ohio River , and from western part of Kentucky to Lexington until December 1864 . Burbridge ' s Expedition into southwest Virginia September 20 - October 17 . Saltsville , Va . , October 2 . At Bowling Green until December . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , December 7 . Battle of Nashville , December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Clifton , Tenn . , until January 15 , 1865 . Moved to Washington , D . C . , thence to Fort Fisher , N . C . , January 15 - February 12 . Fort Anderson February 18 – 19 . Town Creek February 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 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at Saulsbury , N . C . , until July . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 173 men during service ; 2 officers and 27 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 142 enlisted men died of disease .