6th Kentucky Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* September 10, 1861 - Organized at Cave City, Kentucky
* April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
* April 26, 1862 - Reorganized with 8 companies
* April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
* May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
* August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge
* December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
* July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
* September 19-20, 1863 - Chickamauga
* September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
** November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
* May-September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
** May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
** May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
** May 15-18, 1864 - Adairsville
** May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
** June 25-27, 1864 - Dallas
** June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
** July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek 
** July 22, 1864 - Atlanta 
** July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
** July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
** August 5-7, 1864 - Utoy Creek
** August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
** September 4, 1864 - Unit mounted at Barnesville, Georgia
* November-December 1864 - Savannah Campaign
* February-April 1865 - Carolinas Campaign
* May 6, 1865 - Surrendered at Washington, Georgia
DESIGNATIONS
* October 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Buckner's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* February-March 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Reserve / Kentucky Brigade
* March-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Kentucky Brigade
* June-July 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* July-August 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckenridge's Command / Ruggle's Division / Thompson's Brigade
* October-November 1862 - Department #2 / Army of Middle Tennessee / Kentucky Brigade
* November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* December 1862-May 1863 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* July-August 1863 - Department of the Mississippi and East Louisiana / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* August 1863-February 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* February-September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Bate's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Kentucky Brigade
* September-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* November 1864-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's/Young's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* February 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Kentucky Brigade
* February-April 1865 - Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes'/Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
* April-May 1865 - President Davis' Escort / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Joseph H. Lewis (Colonel)
* William L. Clarke (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Martin H. Cofer (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Thomas H. Hays (Major)
* George W. Maxson (Major)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
* (Pages 39-41)
* Thompson, Edward Porter, History of the First Kentucky Brigade
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