14th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 14th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Wallace near Louisa , Kentucky and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on December 10 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Laban Theodore Moore . The regiment was attached to 18th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 27th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to February 1863 . District of Eastern Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to September 1863 . Louisa , Kentucky , District of Eastern Kentucky , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , District of Kentucky , 5th Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to May 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to December 1864 . Military District of Kentucky and Department of Kentucky to September 1865 . The 14th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisa , Kentucky on September 15 , 1865 . Detailed service . Engaged in operations on borders of Virginia and participated in action at Ivey ' s Mountain November 8 , 1861 , before muster . Garfield ' s Campaign against Humphrey Marshall December 23 , 1861 to January 30 , 1862 . Advance on Paintsville , Ky . , December 31 , 1862 to January 7 , 1862 . Occupation of Paintsville January 8 . Abbott ' s Hill January 9 . Middle Creek , near Prestonsburg , January 10 . At Paintsville until February 1 . Expedition to Little Sandy and Piketon January 24 – 30 . Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 - June 18 . Cumberland Mountain April 28 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 - September 16 . Tazewell July 26 . Operations about Cumberland Gap August 2 – 6 . Big Springs August 3 . Tazewell August 6 and 9 . Big Hill , Henderson County , August 23 . Richmond September 5 . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenup , on the Ohio River , September 17 - October 3 . Expedition to Charleston , West Va . , October 21 - November 10 . Duty in eastern Kentucky until May 1864 . Johnson County December 1 , 1862 . Floyd County December 4 – 5 . Louisa March 12 , 1863 . Near Louisa March 25 – 26 . Operations in eastern Kentucky March 28 - April 16 . Bushy Creek April 7 . Expedition from Beaver Creek into southwest Virginia July 3 – 11 ( 1 company ) . Actions at Saylersville Oct . 10 , 30 ; November 30 and December 1 . Rock House and Laurel Creek , Wayne County , February 12 , 1864 . Laurel Creek Gap February 15 , Forks of Beaver March 31 . Quicksand Creek April 5 ( Company I ) . Paintsville April 13 . Half Mountain , Magoffin County , April 14 . Louisa April 16 . Pound Gap May 9 . Ordered to join Sherman in the field and reported at Burnt Hickory , Ga . , May 24 . Atlanta Campaign May 24 - September 8 . Kingston May 24 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Allatoona Pass June 1 – 2 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Mountain June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes ' Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Decatur July 19 . Howard House July 20 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . 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 . At Decatur until October 4 . Operations against Hood in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee October 4 – 26 . Ordered to Kentucky November 15 ; at Bowling Green , Ky . , until December 30 , and at Louisa , Ky . , protecting Virginia line until September 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 201 men during service ; 5 officers and 49 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 142 enlisted men died of disease .