7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 7th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 22 , 1861 . It was mustered in as the 3rd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry under the command of Colonel Theophilus Toulmin Garrard . Another regiment was also mustered in as the 3rd Kentucky Infantry , so the designation was changed . Despite the change , members of the regiment continued to refer to it as the 3rd Kentucky Infantry ( or " Old 3rd " ) well into 1863 . The regiment was recruited in Clay , Knox , Laurel , Owsley ( including what is now Lee County ) , and Whitley counties . The regiment was attached to Thomas ' Command , Army of the Ohio , to January 1862 . 12th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 24th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 3rd Brigade , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to November , 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 9th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps ( Old ) , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 9th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to February 1863 . 1st Brigade , 9th Division , XIII Corps , to July 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to August 1863 , and Department of the Gulf to November 1863 . Plaquemine , District of Baton Rouge , Louisiana , Department of the Gulf , to March 1864 , 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , to June 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XIX Corps , to December 1864 . District of Baton Rouge , Louisiana , to April 1865 . Provisional Brigade , District of Baton Rouge , Department of the Gulf , to March 1866 . While at Cumberland Gap , supplies ran desperately low . General George W . Morgan ordered a handpicked detachment of 400 men be mounted on artillery and supply wagon horses , and move toward Lexington , Kentucky to obtain supplies . Colonel Garrard was with these men at a small skirmish at the mouth of Bear Creek . Garrard then left the detachment in the command of Major Isaac N . Cardwell . These men rode into the Battle of Richmond , and were scattered by a rear attack from Scott ' s Louisiana Cavalry . Some returned to their homes in eastern Kentucky , others rejoined the army at Cumberland Gap , and a small number retreated with the Union forces to Lexington and then to Louisville . Enough men remained to form one company from the 7th Kentucky , one company from the 32nd Kentucky , and one company from the 3rd Tennessee to form Garrard ' s Detachment at Louisville . ( Garrard joined the shattered remains of General William " Bull " Nelson ' s army at Louisville . ) Many men of the 7th Kentucky were captured and paroled at Richmond , and ordered to report to Cincinnati to await exchange . The 7th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service in Louisville , Kentucky on October 5 , 1864 . On December 24 , 1864 , veterans of the 7th Kentucky , 19th Kentucky Infantry , and 22nd Kentucky Infantry who reenlisted were organized with new recruits as the 7th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry in Baton Rouge , Louisiana . It spent the majority of service on garrison duty in Baton Rouge , and mustered out on March 11 , 1866 . Detailed service . Moved to Mt . Vernon , Ky . , October 1861 , and duty there until March 1862 . Action at Camp Wild Cat , or Rockcastle Hills , October 21 , 1861 . Reconnaissance toward Cumberland Gap and skirmishes March 21 – 23 , 1862 . Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 - June 18 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 to September 16 . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg , Ohio , September 16 - October 3 . Expedition to Charleston , Va . , October 21 - November 10 . Ordered to Memphis , Tenn . , November 10 ; duty there until December 20 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 15 – 23 , and duty there until March . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend March 8 . Operations from Milliken ' s Bend to New Carthage March 31 - April 17 . James Plantation , near New Carthage , April 6 and 8 . Dunbar ' s Plantation , Bayou Vidal , April 15 . Expedition from Perkins ' Plantation to Hard Times Landing April 25 – 29 , Phelps ' and Clark ' s Bayous April 26 . Choctaw Bayou and Lake Bruin April 28 . Battle of Thompson ' s Hill , Port Gibson , May 1 . Champion Hill May 16 . Big Black River Bridge May 17 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 , Advance on Jackson July 5 – 10 . Near Clinton July 8 . Near Jackson July 9 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 13 . Duty at Carrollton , Brashear City and Berwick until October . Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 20 . Duty at Plaquemine until March 1864 . Moved to Baton Rouge , La . , March 23 , and duty there until October . At mouth of White River and Duvall ' s Bluff , Ark . , October 6 - November 10 . At Baton Rouge until May 1 , 1865 ; and at Clinton until March 1866 Casualties . The 7th Kentucky lost a total of 319 men during service ; 3 officers and 40 enlisted men were killed and mortally wounded , 2 officers and 274 enlisted men died from disease .