6th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . Originally organized in Lexington , Kentucky from July to October 1862 as Munday ' s 1st Battalion Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry ( Companies A , B , C , D , & E ) and served independently under the command of Major Reuben Munday . The regiment was fully reorganized at Camp Irvine near Louisville , Kentucky and mustered in for a one year enlistment under the command of Colonel Dennis J . Halisy . ( Munday remained with the regiment and was promoted to lieutenant colonel . ) The regiment was attached to District of Central Kentucky to October 1862 . District of Louisville , Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . District Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division Cavalry , Army of the Cumberland to July 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to November 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to January 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Middle Division Mississippi , and District of Middle Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to September 1865 . The 6th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service on September 6 , 1865 . Detailed service . Skirmish Flat Lick August 17 ( detachment ) . Skirmish at Slaughterville , Ky . , September 3 , 1862 ( detachment ) . Munfordville September 20 – 21 ( detachment ) . Pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky October 1 – 22 . 1st Battalion to Litchfield and skirmish with Bragg . 2nd Battalion to Bardstown and skirmish with Wheeler . 3rd Battalion to Stanford . 1st Battalion ordered to Louisa , Ky . , November 14 , thence to Mt . Sterling , Ky . , December 9 . Regiment concentrated at Lebanon , Ky . , December 1862 . Operations against Morgan December 22 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Near Huntington December 27 . Parker ' s Mills on Elk Fork December 28 . Affair Springfield December 30 ( detachment ) . Muldraugh ' s Hill near New Market December 31 . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , January 30 , thence to Franklin , Tenn . , and duty there until June . Expedition from Franklin to Columbia March 8 – 12 . Thompson ' s Station March 9 . Rutherford Creek March 10 – 11 . Near Thompson ' s Station March 23 . Little Harpeth River March 25 . Near Franklin March 31 . Franklin April 27 . Thompson ' s Station May 2 . Moved to Triune June 2 – 4 . Franklin June 4 . Triune June 9 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . University Depot July 4 . Expedition to Huntsville July 13 – 22 . Expedition to Athens , Ala . , August 2 – 8 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Alpine , Ga . , September 5 . Summerville September 6 – 7 and 10 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Buell ' s Ford September 28 . Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30 - October 17 . At Caperton ' s Ferry until January 1864 . Lafayette , Ga . , December 12 , 1863 . Ringgold December 13 . Scout to Lafayette December 21 – 23 . Regiment veteranized January 1864 , and veterans on furlough until March . Near Chattanooga , until May . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Guarding railroad in rear of the army at Wauhatchie , Lafayette , Calhoun , Dalton and Resaca . At Wauhatchie , Tenn . , May 5 to June 18 . At Lafayette , June 18 to August 4 . Summerville July 7 . Actions at Lafayette June 24 and 30 . Scouting about Calhoun , Adairsville and Resaca until October 12 . Pine Log Creek near Fairmount August 14 . Rousseau ' s pursuit of Wheeler September 1 – 8 . Resaca October 12 – 13 . Near Summerville October 18 . Little River , Ala . , October 20 . Leesburg October 21 . Ladiga , Terrapin Creek , October 28 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , November 3 – 9 . McCook ' s pursuit of Lyon December 6 – 28 . Hopkinsville , Ky . , December 16 . At Nashville , Tenn . , until January 9 . Moved to Gravelly Springs , Ala . , and duty there until March . Wilson ' s Raid from Chickasaw , Ala . , to Macon , Ga . , March 22 - April 24 . Centerville April 1 . Trion April 1 . Selma April 2 . Northport near Tuscaloosa April 4 . Lapier ' s Mills , Sipsey Creek , April 6 . King ' s Store April 6 ( Company D ) . Occupation of Talladega April 22 . Munford ' s Station April 23 . At Macon until June . Moved to Nashville , and duty in District of Middle Tennessee until September . Non - veterans mustered out at Edgefield July 14 , 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 288 men during service ; 2 officers and 31 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 251 enlisted men died of disease .