Kentucky 1st Volunteer Infantry (Union)
8/28/61
Battle - Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
10/21/61
Battle - Camp Wild Cat - Laurel County, Kentucky, Kentucky
Union Gen George H Thomas set troops commanded by Theophilus T Garrard to set up camp at Rockcastle Hills at the base of Wildcat Mountain. The camp was named Camp Wildcat for obvious reasons. On October 21, 1861 Union forces commanded by Garrard and Albin F Schoepf met Felix Zollicoffer's Confederates in the area around Camp Wildcat resulting in a Union VictoryREAD MORE
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel David Enyart
ColonelDavid Enyart
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Mahlon D. Manson, and Colonel Thomas D. Sedgewick until 30 May
Brigadier GeneralMahlon D. Manson
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William "Bull" Nelson
Major GeneralWilliam "Bull" Nelson
4/29/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel David A. Enyart
Lieutenant ColonelDavid A. Enyart
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Cruft
Brigadier GeneralCharles Cruft
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 27 guns k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0, undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran, Brigadier General William Sooy Smith, and undefined Escort:
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
10/8/62
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel David A. Enyart
ColonelDavid A. Enyart
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John M. Palmer
Brigadier GeneralJohn M. Palmer
12/31/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
9/10/63
Battle - Graysville, Georgia
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Alva R. Hadlock
Lieutenant ColonelAlva R. Hadlock
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John M. Palmer
Major GeneralJohn M. Palmer
9/19/63
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
11/23/63
Battle - Chattanooga Campaign - Chattanooga, Tennessee
After taking charge of the Union's western armies in October of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant focused on lifting the Confederate siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which had been in place since the Battle of Chickamauga in September. Grant opened the 'Cracker Line' across the Tennessee River to bring supplies to the beleaguered Army of the Cumberland inside the city, and, in mid-November, brought Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee into the city as well. The Confederates under Maj. Gen.…READ MORE
6/18/64
Mustered Out - Kentucky 1st Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
6/27/64
Organized - Kentucky 1st Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
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