16th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 16th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Kenton in Kentucky and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on January 27 , 1862 . The regiment was attached to 18th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . Unattached , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . District of West Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to March 1865 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Department of North Carolina , to July 1865 . The 16th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on July 15 , 1865 . Detailed service . Nelson ' s Expedition into eastern Kentucky November 1861 . Action at Ivy Mountain November 8 . Piketon November 8 – 9 . Returned to Camp Kenton and duty there and near Maysville , Ky . , until March 2 , 1862 . Moved to Piketon March 2 and duty there until June 13 . Moved to Prestonburg June 13 , thence to Louisa July 15 , and duty there until August . Moved to Covington , Louisville and Bowling Green , Ky . , August . Duty there , at Shepherdsville , West Point and Munfordville until December . Operations against Morgan December 22 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Duty at Lebanon , Munfordville and Glasgow , Ky . , until August 1863 . Operations against Morgan July 2 – 26 . Burnside ' s march over Cumberland Mountains and Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . At Loudon September 4 to November 14 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Kingston November 7 . Lenoir November 14 – 15 . Campbell ' s Station November 16 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Near Kingston November 24 - December 4 . Mossy Creek , Talbot Station , December 29 . Regiment reenlisted at Mossy Creek December 27 , 1863 . Moved to Kentucky January 1864 , and veterans on furlough February and March . Ordered to Camp Nelson , Ky . , April 16 ; thence march to Knoxville , Tenn . , and to Red Clay , Ga . , and joined Sherman . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cartersville May 20 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Lost Mountain June 11 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Cheyney ' s Farm June 22 . Olley ' s Creek June 26 – 27 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29 - November 3 . Moved to Nashville , thence to Pulaski , Tenn . Nashville Campaign November – December , Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Columbia Ford November 29 , Battle of Franklin November 30 . 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 Smithville , N . C . , January 15 - February 9 . Operations against Hoke February 12 – 14 . Near Smithville February 16 . Fort Anderson February 18 – 19 . Town Creek February 19 – 20 . Eagle Island February 21 . Capture of Wilmington February 22 . Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26 . Advance on Goldsboro , N . C . , March 6 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 21 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 13 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at Greensburg , N . C . , until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 188 men during service ; 2 officers and 50 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 131 enlisted men died of disease .