18th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 18th Kentucky Infantry was organized at large and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on February 8 , 1862 under the command of Colonel William A . Warner . The regiment served unattached , Army of the Ohio , to August 1862 . Cruft ' s Brigade , Nelson ' s Division , Richmond , Kentucky , Army of Kentucky , to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to October 1862 . Unattached , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , to February 1863 . Crook ' s Brigade , Baird ' s Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 4th Division , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps to June 1865 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , to July 1865 . The 18th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 18 , 1865 . Detailed service . Duty guarding Covington & Lexington Railroad . Headquarters at Falmouth , Ky . , until April 16 , 1862 , and at Lexington , Ky . , until August 20 , 1862 . Affairs in Owen County June 20 and 23 . Operations in Kentucky against Morgan July 4 – 28 . Action at Cynthiana July 17 . Paris July 19 . Mr . Sterling , Ky . , July 29 . Moved to Richmond , Ky . , August 20 . Battle of Richmond , Ky . , August 30 . Regiment mostly captured ; those not captured retreat to Louisville , Ky . ; thence moved to Covington , Ky . , September 28 ; thence to Paris , Ky . , and duty there until December 5 . Moved to Lexington , Ky . , December 5 ; thence to Louisville , Ky . , January 27 , 1863 , and to Nashville , Tenn . , February 2 . Moved to Carthage and duty there until June 2 , Moved to Murfreesboro , Tenn . , June 2 – 7 . 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 . Catlett ' s Gap , Pigeon Mountain , September 15 – 18 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Rossville Gap September 21 , Siege of Chattanooga , September 22 - November 23 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Brown ' s Ferry October 27 , Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Duty at Chattanooga until January 1864 . Regiment veteranized January 5 , and veterans on leave until March . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , March 12 ; thence march to Ringgold , Ga . , March 22 - May 7 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Assigned May 10 to post duty at Ringgold , Ga . Relieved September 25 and moved to Atlanta , Ga . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama October 3 – 26 . March to the sea November 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Fayetteville , N . C . , March 11 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Non - veterans mustered out April 4 , 1865 . Advance on Raleigh , N . C . , April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 30 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 243 men during service ; 5 officers and 85 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 152 enlisted men died of disease .