6th Kentucky Infantry (U)

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Sigel, Muldraugh's Hill and Shepherdsville, Ky., September 9 to December 24, 1861. Attached to Rousseau's 1st Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., to November, 1861. 12th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Ohio, to January, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, Defenses of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, to September, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, to November, 1864. District of Kentucky to January, 1865.
SERVICE.--Engaged in the Defense of Eastern Kentucky before muster. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., November 28, 1861. At Camp Wyckliffe, Ky., until February, 1862. Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25-March 18. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6. 
* April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Flat Lick, Tenn., August 17 (Detachment). March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 17-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. 
* October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, KentuckyNot originally referenced on Dyer summary but listed on unit homepage
* October 10-22 - Pursuit from Perryville to London, Kentucky
Danville October 11. Near Crab Orchard October 15. Wild Cat Mountain, near Crab Orchard, and Big Rockcastle River, near Mt. Vernon, October 18. Pittman's Cross Roads October 19. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 23-November 6, and duty there until December 26. 
* December 12, 1862 - Skirmish at Bagdad, KentuckyOriginally listed on unit homepage as December 12, 1861
Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Springfield, Ky., December 30 (Detachment). Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Woodbury January 24. Expedition to Woodbury April 2. Snow Hill, Woodbury, April 3. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. 
* August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
** Lee and Gordon's Mills, Ga., September 11-13. 
** September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
* Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
* Brown's Ferry October 27.
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Orchard Knob November 23-24.
** Mission Ridge November 25.
* March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8.
* Operations in East Tennessee December, 1863, to April, 1864. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** May 17, 1864 - Engagement at Adairsville, Georgia
** Near Kingston May 18-19. 
** Near Cassville May 19. 
** Advance on Dallas May 22-25. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Pickett's Mills May 27. 
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. 
** Pine Hill June 11-14. 
** Lost Mountain June 15-17. 
** Assault on Kenesaw June 27. 
** Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. 
** Pace's Ferry July 5. 
** Chattahoochie River July 6-17. 
** Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. 
** July 22-August 19, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
* Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., August 19. 
* Garrison duty there and at Bridgeport, Ala., until November 2. 
* Moved to Nashville, Tenn.; thence ordered to Louisville, Ky. 
* Mustered out September 23, 1864, to January 2, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
Source 	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer 	
* 10 Officers and 105 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 
* 5 Officers and 96 enlisted men killed by disease
* Total 216	None
Fox 	
* Fox lists this unit as:
** 109th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (3rd of the Iowa troops)	
WotRWiki Statistics	
* troops killed
** Includes troops mortally wounded
** Includes troops killed by disease
** All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 701, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 715, 730, 733, 846, 860, 862, 866, 1200)
* (Page 11)
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