2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 2nd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Pendleton in Cincinnati , Ohio , May - June 1861 . It was organized in Ohio while Kentucky tried to remain neutral . The regiment moved to the Kanawha Valley , Virginia , July 10 where it was 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 2nd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on June 19 , 1864 at Covington , Kentucky . Detailed service . Campaign in western Virginia July to October 1861 . Red House July 13 ( Companies A , B , D , F , and K ) . Barboursille July 16 . Scarrytown July 17 . Gauley ' s Bridge September 1 . Operations in Kanawha Valley October 19 - November 16 . Attack on Gauley by Floyd ' s Batteries November 1 – 9 . Gauley Bridge November 10 . At Charlestown , Va . , December 4 to January 24 , 1862 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , thence to Bardstown February 5 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , February 14 - March 12 . March 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 October 8 . Camp Wild Cat October 17 . Destruction of Salt Works at Goose Creek October 23 – 24 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 24 - November 9 . Duty at Nashville 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 Murfreesboro and Cripple Creek until June . Expedition to Woodbury April 2 . Action at 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 , Ga . , September 10 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 11 – 13 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - October 27 . Reopening of Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . At Bridgeport , Ala . , October 28 , 1863 to January 26 , 1864 . ( A detachment at Ringgold Gap , Ga . , November 27 , 1863 , and on Demonstration on Dalton February 22 – 27 , 1864 . Near Dalton February 23 . Tunnel Hill , Buzzard ' s Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23 – 25 . ) At Ooltewah , Ga . , until May 17 , and at Resaca until June 3 . Ordered home June 3 . Operations against Morgan in Kentucky until June 19 . Mt . Sterling June 9 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 165 men during service ; 3 officers and 74 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 87 enlisted men died of disease .