Mustered in: Fall 1861 (?)
1st Commander: Col. Charles D. Penne baker
Field Officers:
- Lt.
Col. John H. Ward
-
Maj. John Carlisle
-
Maj. Samuel J. Coyne
-
Maj. Alexander Magruder
Assignments:
-
Hazen's Brigade, Nelson's Division
-
Crittenden's Division
-
Pennebaker's Brigade
-
Strickland's Brigade, Hascall's Division
Engagements:
-
Occupation of Corinth
-
Perryville, on skirmish lines
-
East Tennessee Campaign
-
Knoxville
- Cut
off at Leiper's Ferry
-
Seige of Knoxville
-
Bean's Station
-
Atlanta Campaign
Mustered Out:
Notes:
This regiment was formed before Kentucky, as a state, had called for
Union volunteers. Those men traveling to the camp to be enlisted often
had to fight their way past Confederate forces to get there. Upon
their arrival to camp, they found that none of the governmental
support normally offered to military units was available. According to
an account written by Col. John Ward, the officers managed to scrounge
up $13 pay for each of the first new recruits to give to the needy
families they were leaving behind. By the time these recruits were
ready to leave camp for the war, government support was starting to
filter in. The men heading out of camp often loaned their second
month's pay of $13 back to the officers to pay for other new recruits
to leave money to their families. He states "Here was tried and
true patriotism that people and soldiers outside the border states
knew nothing about". The regiment only consisted of nine
companies.
