1st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st Kentucky Infantry was organized at Pendleton in Cincinnati , Ohio , March - April 1861 as a three - month regiment . Because the regiment was organized while Kentucky tried to remain neutral , it was not recognized until June 1861 when it was reorganized for a three - year enlistment . The regiment was ordered to the Kanawha Valley , Virginia , July 10 , 1861 and attached to Kanawha Brigade , Western Virginia , to October 1861 . District of the Kanawha , Western Virginia , to January 1862 . 22nd Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to February 1862 . 22nd Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 22nd Brigade , 4th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , to June 1864 . The 1st Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on June 18 , 1864 . Detailed service . Campaign in western Virginia July to October 1861 . March to Sissonville in rear of Wise , returning via Ravenswood and Charleston July 14 – 26 . Moved to Gauley , arriving August 1 . Moved to Camp Piatt , arriving August 25 . Gauley Bridge August 28 . Boone Court House September 1 . Peytonia September 12 . Moved to Raleigh September 20 – 27 . Chapmansville September 25 . Return to Gauley , arriving October 10 . Operations in the Kanawha Valley October 19 - November 16 . Skirmish at Gauley Bridge October 28 . Attack on Gauley by Floyd ' s Batteries November 1 – 9 . Pursuit of Floyd November 10 . Duty at Charleston December 4 to January 5 , 1862 . Ordered to Kentucky January 5 , 1862 . Camp near Bardstown January 24 - February 13 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , February 14 - March 12 , and to Savannah , Tenn . , March 13 - April 5 . Battle of Shiloh , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Phillips Creek , Widow Serratt ' s , May 21 . Bridge Creek , before Corinth , May 28 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 6 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg , August 21 - September 25 . Pursuit of Bragg to London , Ky . , October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . Camp Wild Cat October 17 . Nelson ' s Cross Roads October 18 . Destruction of Salt Works at Goose Creek October 23 – 24 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 24 - November 9 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Lavergne December 26 – 27 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Cripple Creek until June . Expedition to Woodbury April 2 . Snow Hill , Woodbury , April 3 . Tullahoma Campaign June 24 - July 7 . At Manchester July 9 to August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Pea Vine Creek September 10 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 11 – 13 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - October 27 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Duty at Bridgeport , Ala . , until January 26 , 1864 . At Ooltewah , Ga . , until May 17 , and at Resaca until May 29 . Ordered to Kentucky May 29 . Operations against Morgan ' s invasion of Kentucky May 31 - June 18 . Mt . Sterling June 9 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 143 men during service ; 60 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 82 enlisted men died of disease .