4th Kentucky Infantry
try
Volunteers was one of the three
infantry regiments which President Lincoln authorized Lieut.
William Nelson, of
the Navy, a native Kentuckian of Mason County, to
raise in Kentucky in the
early summer of 1861. Capt. Speed S. Fry, of
Danville, who had served in the
Mexican war, was selected by Lieut. Nelson for one of
his colonels, and he
chose for his Lt. Col., John T. Croxton,
a young lawyer of Paris, son of a
Bourbon County farmer and a recent graduate of Yale; and for major,
P.
Burgess
Hunt, of Lexington, son of a Fayette County farmer and a member of
the
Lexington Chasseurs, a noted company of the State Guard, commanded by Capt.
Sanders D. Bruce, afterward Col. of the 20th Kentucky Infantry, and
recruiting
for the regiment actively began. The leaders of the Union men of
Kentucky had
requested Lieut. Nelson not to open any camp until after the
legislative
elections, on the first Monday in August, and recruits were enrolled
with the
understanding that they were to rendezvous immediately
after that date at a
camp in Garrard County, situated on the Lexington and Danville
turnpike, between
the Kentucky and Dicks rivers, where the turnpike to Crab Orchard
branches off,
which was styled Camp Dick Robinson, in honor of the staunch Union man
on whose
land it was located.Recruiting was done in most
cases rather quietly and the Home Guard companies, which had been
organized
during the spring, supplied the most ready material, though a quota
came from
the State Guard. The territory from which Col. Fry was to draw his men
was of
considerable extent, and, as the time was short and recruiting hurried,
the
companies were gathered from widely separated localities. One came from
Danville and vicinity; two from Mercer, Washington and Anderson; two
from
Rockcastle and Laurel; one from Estill; one from Montgomery and Rowan;
one from
Lewis; one from Bourbon, Nicholas and Pendleton, and one from Harrison
and
Grant.
The day after the August
election, 1861, Col. Fry with a detachment from Danville, the nucleus
of what
became Company A, opened Camp Dick Robinson, and the next day organized
companies and parts of companies for his and the other three regiments
began to
pour in, and within a few weeks enough men to fill the four regiments
had
assembled. Col. Fry's regiment was originally called the 2d Kentucky,
but after
the legislature assembled in September, and determined to respond to
the
President's call for troops, the two regiments enlisted at Camp Cook,
Ohio,
were recognized by the state and numbered 1st and 2nd, and the number
of Fry's
was changed to 4th, Bramlette's was changed from 1st to 3d, and
Garrard's to
7th, Rousseau's and Whittaker's being numbered 5th and 6th,
respectively. There
was some temporary irritation over these changes, but it soon subsided.
Wolford's regiment was mustered as the 1st Cavalry and retained that
designation.
One of General Nelson's plans
for accustoming his new soldiers to be ready for emergencies was to
have
frequent night alarms and the long roll was sounded on many occasions
at late
hours of the night and the whole force arrayed in line to meet
imaginary foes.
As rumors of Zollicoffer's advance were rife through the country, these
alarms
were taken very seriously by most of the command.
Shortly after the camp was
opened it was reinforced by a large body of East Tennessee Unionists,
soon
organized into the 1st
and 2d
East Tennessee, who had first rendezvoused near
Barboursville. Many came into Camp Dick [Robinson] afterward, and had
thrilling
tales to tell of their perils in escaping through the rebel lines.
There were a
number of preachers with them and prayer meetings were held nearly
every night.
The camp had not been opened
very long until there was an outbreak of the measles, which proved
fatal in not
a few cases. Many of the sick were removed to Danville, and the men of
Camp
Dick Robinson owe a debt of gratitude to the good people, and
especially to the
good women, of the town.
The first active service
performed by any portion of the regiment was when a detachment of
several
companies, with a similar detachment from the 3d, was sent to
Nicholasville to
escort a wagon train, loaded with muskets and ammunition, from
Nicholasville to
the camp. The regiment was first armed with the old smooth bore musket,
but
soon after the two flanking companies were supplied with Enfield
rifles. One
peculiarity in the organization of the 4th Kentucky Regiment must be
noted. Its
companies were arranged in alphabetical order from right to left, so
that while
A was the right company, K was the left company, and that arrangement
was
observed throughout its four years' service. The matter was referred to
General
Thomas and he decided that it was a perfectly proper arrangement as the
company
commanders all bore commissions of the same date.
In the latter part of
October, the regiment moved to Crab Orchard and became a part of the 2d
Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio. After a few weeks spent at
Crab
Orchard, it was ordered to Lebanon to join the rest of the brigade,
consisting
of the 10th Kentucky, 14th Ohio and 10th
Indiana. On the way, at Brumfield's,
it had its first experience of pay day. The pay master was Major Philip
Speed,
whose clerk was George K. Speed, afterward captain, 4th Kentucky
Cavalry. The
pay was in Kentucky bank notes with some gold and silver, all equally
good at
the time and equally welcome. At Lebanon, another brigade of the
division was
found. While there, Gen. Buell reviewed and inspected the brigade. An
outbreak
of typhoid fever there cost the regiment some valuable lives, among
them that
of Chap. J. W. Jacobs, who literally wore himself out nursing the sick.
The good
people of Lebanon were most helpful and sympathetic during this trouble.
About the first of January,
1862, the regiment started with the brigade on the campaign against
Zollicoffer, then entrenched at Mill Springs. Up to that time the tents
used
were the Bell tent; for that campaign it was furnished with the Sibley
tent,
each one of which would accommodate 20 men. Up to that time, also, each
company
had been allowed two wagons and the field and staff as many as were
desired.
The marching orders for that campaign cut down the allowance to one
wagon for a
company and one for field and staff, and the general opinion was that
it would
be impossible to move. It was done, however, though many home comforts
were
abandoned. Later experience showed the regiment that one wagon to a
brigade
might be enough, and that tents were not essential.
The regiment marched with the
command by way of Campbellsville, Columbia and Webb's Crossroads,
arriving at
Logan's
Crossroads, about nine miles from the enemy's entrenched camp, on
the
evening of January 18th. Early the next morning, which was Sunday, the
enemy
attacked the pickets, consisting of detachments of Wolford's cavalry and the
10th
Indiana Infantry. The 4th being nearest the front moved to their
support
and became immediately engaged. The following is an extract from a
report of
General George H. Thomas commanding our army:
"Upon my arrival
on
the field soon afterwards, I found the 10th Indiana formed in front of
their
encampment apparently awaiting orders, and ordered them forward to the
support
of the 4th Kentucky, which was the only entire regiment then engaged. I
then
rode forward myself to see the enemy's position so that I could
determine what
disposition to make of my troops as they arrived. On reaching the
position held
by the 4th Kentucky, 10th Indiana and Wolford's cavalry, at a point
where the
roads fork leading to Somerset, I found the enemy advancing through a
corn
field and evidently endeavoring to gain the left of the 4th Kentucky
Regiment,
which was maintaining its position in the most determined manner . . .
A
section of Capt. Kinney's battery took a position on the edge of the
field to
the left of the 4th Kentucky, and opened an effective fire on a
regiment of
Alabamians, who were advancing on the 4th Kentucky. Soon after the 2d
Minnesota
arrived, the colonel reporting to me for instructions. I directed him
to take
the position of the 4th Kentucky and the 10th Indiana, which regiments
were
nearly out of ammunition . . . Col. S. S. Fry, 4th Kentucky, was
slightly
wounded while his regiment was gallantly resisting the advance of the
enemy,
during which time General Zollicoffer fell from a shot from his (Col.
Fry's)
pistol, which, no doubt, contributed materially to the discomfiture of
the
enemy."
The enemy was driven from the
field in confusion, and our forces followed in immediate pursuit.
Evidences
that the enemy was demoralized soon began to appear. Hundreds of small
arms and
haversacks, filled with three days' rations of corn bread and bacon,
very
welcome to our breakfastless men, were strewn along the roadside and
through
the fields.
Our forces reached the
neighborhood of the enemy's entrenchments before dusk and were put in
position
to attack them at daybreak. The first light showed that the enemy was
retreating
and crossing in a steam ferry boat to the south shore of the
Cumberland. The
battery opened fire on the boat, and it was taken to the other shore
and
burned. Our troops hastened forward and found the enemy all gone except
some of
their wounded. Two six-gun batteries, with the horses hitched up and
ready for
moving, were left near the landing, and the bottom was filled with a
wagon
train.
The road up from the river on
the other side was strewn with trunks and baggage of various kinds
thrown from
wagons. Rafts were speedily improvised and a force thrown over, which
followed
the retreating enemy as far as Monticello.
It is questionable whether
the capture of the whole rebel force would have had as much effect as
its panic
stricken retreat and disorganization. The reports of Gen. Crittenden
show that
only two or three regiments preserved any organization, and that most
of the
command dispersed. A year afterward the 4th Kentucky found some of them
at
Lavergne, who had never returned to duty after the Mill Springs fight.
The 4th
Kentucky lost in action, one officer, Lieut. J. M. Hall, Company B, and
eight
men killed and 52 wounded, which was a pretty heavy percentage in a
regiment
depleted by sickness and detachments to less than 400 for duty.
The following pleasing
incident occurred during the battle: Capt. Wellington Harlan was under
arrest
at the time the battle began, on charges preferred by Lieut. Col.
Croxton.
Capt. Harlan marched in rear of his company, and when the regiment was
ordered
into engagement took a musket and fought gallantly in the ranks. Col.
Croxton,
seeing his conduct, with the permission of Gen. Thomas, went to him
during the
fight, released him from arrest and restored him to the command of his
company.
The regiment marched by
Coffey's Mill, Danville, Lebanon and Bardstown to Louisville and there
embarked
on boats for Nashville, where it arrived March 4th. At Louisville it
was
presented with a flag by the ladies of the city. Left Nashville March
20th and
marched, via Franklin, to Spring Hill, where it was in camp some days
with the
rest of the division. After a few days' rest there, started for
Pittsburgh
Landing, moving by regular marches till April 5th, when the guns of
Shiloh were
heard and a forced march began. In the order of march that day, the
division of
Gen. Thomas was in the rear. Reveille was sounded on the 6th about 3
a.m., and
march began in the dark. The road cut up by trains was knee deep in
mud, and
the men stuck lighted candles on their bayonets and made flambeaux of
various
kinds, but many fell in ditches and ruts. The division did not reach
Savannah
till nearly dark, and did not reach the battlefield in time to take
part in the
battle.
The regiment took part in the
advance on Corinth,
frequently skirmishing and sometimes sustaining loss.
Shortly after reaching Shiloh field Col. Fry received his commission as
brigadier-general. Lieut. Col. Croxton was promoted colonel; Major
Hunt,
lieutenant colonel, and Capt. R. M. Kelly, Company K, major. During
this time
the brigade, commanded by Gen. Fry, with a battalion of cavalry, all
under
command of Gen. W. T. Sherman, went on boats up the Tennessee river and
marching inland burned the bridge over Bear river, on the Memphis &
Charleston R.R. In the reorganization of the army after the battle of
Shiloh,
Gen. Thomas was put in command of the right wing, and his division,
then called
the 7th Division, was commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman. The regiment
after the
evacuation of Corinth marched via Iuka to Tuscumbia. Gen. Thomas had
then
resumed command of the division and Gen. Fry commanded the brigade.
After a stay of some weeks at
Tuscumbia, the regiment moved with the command on July 24th, via
Florence,
Lawrenceburg, Pulaski, Fayetteville, Lynchburg and Winchester to
Decherd by
August 4th. It was on this march that Col. McCook, of
the 9th Ohio, was killed
by guerrillas while riding in his ambulance. From Decherd the regiment
moved
with the command to Pelham, and thence by Manchester and Murfreesboro,
to
Nashville. Leaving Nashville September 15th, it marched with Buell's
army to
Louisville, by September 24th. At Louisville the 74th
Indiana was added to the
brigade. In the reorganization of Buell's army at Louisville, Gen.
Thomas was
made second in command, and Gen. Gilbert put in command of the center
to which
the 1st Division, now in command of Gen. Albin Schoepf, was attached.
The
regiment marched, via Bardstown and Springfield, to Perryville, but it
was not
under fire there though the 10th Indiana of the brigade, under
direction of
Gen. Fry, did some sharp skirmishing. From Perryville, after the
battle, the
regiment moved with the command, via Danville to Crab Orchard, and
thence via
Greensburg and Glasgow to Gallatin, Tennessee; and thence to Castalian
Springs,
half way between Gallatin and Hartsville, 10 miles off, it made a rapid
march
to reinforce them, but it arrived only in time to exchange a few shots
with Morgan's
rear guard. Marched thence to Gallatin and on evening of 25th took the
cars to
oppose Morgan's raid on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The
Bacon
Creek bridge had been burned and leaving train there the command
marched to
Elizabethtown, joined at Munfordville by the 12th
Kentucky Cavalry and 13th
Kentucky Infantry, had a fight with Morgan's rear at Rolling Fork;
moved thence
to Lebanon Junction, and thence to Nashville. Marched to Little
Harpeth, to
meet a reported raid of Forrest, returned to Nashville and moved to
Lavergne,
where the brigade remained till May; then removed to Triune, where Gen.
Brannan
took command of the division, which had then become the 3rd Division,
14th Army
Corps, relieving Gen. Fry, who had been ordered to Kentucky. Col.
Croxton was
shortly after assigned to command of the brigade and Lieut. Col. Hunt
commanded
the regiment. The regiment took part in the Tullahoma
campaign and was in
action at Hoover's
Gap,
Concord Church, and near Tullahoma, but with slight
loss. Marched from Tullahoma to Winchester, and thence, on Aug. 13th,
started
on the Chickamauga
campaign. Croxton's brigade opened that battle on the
morning of September 19th. Lieut. Col. Hunt was wounded severely on the
morning
of the 19th, and Major Kelly, who had been on staff duty as division
inspector,
took command of the regiment.
The regiment left Snodgrass
Hill, where the rebel forces were finally checked on the 20th,
after dark, with
the division, and fell back to Rossville, and the night afterward to
Chattanooga,
the 4th bringing up the rear. The regiment went into action with
nineteen
officers and three hundred and sixty men fit for duty, and lost
thirteen
officers wounded, and one hundred and sixty enlisted men killed and
wounded.
Took part in the action of Missionary
Ridge, ascending the hill on the extreme
left of the Army of the Cumberland, losing only 12 in killed and
wounded. Col.
Croxton had been wounded at Chickamauga, and Col. Phelps was killed
just after
reaching the top of the hill. Col. Croxton, just returned from
hospital,
accompanied the brigade, but would not assume command and was again
wounded at
the foot of the hill, and had to return to hospital, and Col. Hays,
10th
Kentucky, assumed command of the brigade. General A. Baird was in
command of the
division, Gen. Brannan having been made chief of artillery, Capt.
George M.
Jackson, Co. E, who had resigned by reason of ill health the year
before,
visited the regiment just before the battle, and when it was ordered
into
action took a musket and fell in with his old company and fought
gallantly
throughout the engagement.
Early in January the regiment
re-enlisted, and, on the 19th, returned to Kentucky on veteran furlough.
A pleasing incident during
the siege of Chattanooga was the presentation to General Thomas, then
commanding the Army of the Cumberland, of a sword ordered by the
enlisted men
while at Triune, at a cost of $1,500. No officer was allowed to
contribute.
When the sword was received at Chattanooga, many of the contributors
were dead.
General Thomas rode down to the regiment, which was in close column by
division, the sword was presented to Q. M. Sgt. W. R. Williams in a
neat
speech, to which Gen. Thomas briefly replied and the ceremony was over.
In Gen.
Price's portrait of Gen. Thomas the belt shown is the one belonging to
the
sword then presented.
At the end of the
thirty-day-veteran furlough, the regiment rendezvoused at Camp Nelson,
within
10 miles of where it originally enlisted. It got orders to recruit and
be
mounted, moved to the suburbs of Lexington, where a large command of
one year
regiments, whose terms were about to expire, was encamped. Authority
was
obtained to recruit among them; they were very ready to re-enlist for a
longer
time, particularly in a mounted regiment, and a large number of
recruits of
excellent character were speedily obtained; a full company had been
obtained at
Camp Nelson, which absorbed Company H, then much reduced. Horses were
bought at
Lexington, by inspectors chosen by Col. Croxton, and a fine mount
obtained.
While the regiment was at
Lexington, Lt. Col. Hunt, whose Chickamauga wound had permanently
disabled him,
resigned. Major Kelly was made lieutenant colonel, and Capt. Tompkins,
Company
E, promoted to major. May 16th the regiment marched to the front, with
twenty-five officers and about five hundred and fifty well mounted men
for
duty, and armed, except Companies A and K, which had Spencer
carbines, with the
Ballard breach loading rifle,
which proved a failure in the first engagement.
Major Tompkins, with a recruiting detail, was left in Lexington. The
regiment
marched by way of Nashville to Chattanooga arriving early in June.
Leaving
Chattanooga, it camped about ten miles from Lafayette, Georgia. At
reveille,
two cavalry soldiers were brought in by the pickets, and reported that
Col.
Watkins, with a detachment of four hundred men of his brigade,
consisting of
the 4th, 6th and 7th Kentucky Cavalry regiments had been
attacked, before day,
by Gen. Pillow with a large force and was holding the courthouse and
jail. Col.
Croxton immediately ordered the regiment to mount and leaving a company
to
guard the train started on a gallop for Lafayette.
Watkins' gallant men had
apparently spoiled Pillow's appetite for fighting, for his command
immediately
began to give way before the attack of Croxton, and were soon in
disorderly
flight, leaving a large number of killed and wounded. Watkins' command
had made
a gallant defense, but were without water and nearly out of ammunition
and
would have been compelled to surrender but for the fortunate appearance
of the
4th Kentucky Infantry. The regiment lost only a few men wounded. Pillow
was
pursued some miles toward Sommerville, and then the march to the front
was
resumed. The regiment was detained, in Villanow Valley and at Snake
Creek Gap,
for some weeks under orders to protect the railroad, and had several
slight
skirmishes with raiding parties. Then joined the Army advancing on
Atlanta, and
had a sharp skirmish, with slight loss, at Mason's
church; was attached to 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, and Col. Croxton was assigned to
command
the brigade consisting of the 1st East Tennessee, 8th
Iowa, and 4th Kentucky
Mounted Infantry,§ Gen. Ed McCook commanding the
division. Late in July, marched
with the division on a raid against the railroads south of Atlanta,
McCook's
division starting from the right of the army and Stoneman's from the
left.
Crossing the Chattahoochee, the railroad was destroyed near Newnan, a
large
wagon pack train captured and destroyed and several hundred prisoners
taken,
and then the Macon road destroyed, near Lovejoy's
Station. Delay there for
Stoneman brought Wheeler's rebel cavalry and a brigade of infantry from
Atlanta, and the return commenced. Croxton's brigade brought up the
rear of the
division, and the 4th Kentucky the rear of the brigade, and suffered
severely
near Lovejoy's. Marched all night and at daylight next morning, while
holding
the rear, was attacked by overwhelming forces and Lt. Col. Kelly and
nearly
half the regiment captured. The balance broke through and caught up
with the
rest of the brigade, near Newnan,
where another sharp action was had and the
command driven. After reaching camp, after the raid, Croxton with his
brigade
was ordered to Tennessee, where the 4th participated in the campaign
against
Forrest, having a sharp skirmish with loss, at Pulaski; regiment then
commanded
by Maj. Tompkins. Lt. Col. Kelly rejoined regiment at Pulaski. In the
meantime
Col. Croxton had been made brigadier general; Kelly, colonel, and
Tompkins,
lieutenant colonel. Capt. J. I. Hudnall was commissioned major, but
declined to
accept and was mustered out for expiration of service and Capt. J. W.
Jacob,
Company A, was made major.
During that winter, recruits
and detached men and prisoners rejoined, and veterans from the 6th, 8th
and
10th regiments were assigned to the 4th and the 2nd
Iowa Cavalry, which was
about to be mustered out, turned over their Spencer carbines to the 4th
and
completely armed it. About March 22nd the regiment started with Gen. Wilson on
the greatest cavalry campaign of the war. The 6th
Kentucky Cavalry had been
added to the brigade in place of the 1st Tennessee. On reaching Elyton,
near Birmingham,
Alabama, Croxton was ordered to proceed to Tuscaloosa, to break up some
Confederate supply factories there. The 4th Kentucky was guarding the
wagon
trains that day, and had to leave one company, K, with the trains and
was a day
behind in following the brigade. Near Tuscaloosa the brigade
encountered
Chalmer's division of Forrest's command, marching to head off Wilson.
Croxton
retreated north toward the Black Warrior, and the 4th Kentucky, duly
warned,
cut across and intercepted him. The Tuscaloosa garrison had been
advised that
Croxton had been scattered through the mountains, but the brigade swam
the
Black Warrior, marched down its north side, capturing the bridge at the
Tuscaloosa in a night attack.
Croxton had been given
discretion to get out as he could, and, after finding that the state of
the
rivers would prevent him from reaching Mobile, concluded to start for
Vicksburg. After getting a short distance across the Mississippi line
he met an
equal or superior force, and after a sharp fight returned to the
vicinity of
Tuscaloosa, and after a day or two of rest concluded he could catch up
with
Wilson by taking a straight line for Augusta, Georgia. The country was
rough
and well watered, streams were high and many were crossed by swimming.
The 4th
Kentucky captured the ferry over the Coosa, after a skirmish, and had a
skirmish in approaching Tallapoosa, Alabama, and helped in the capture
of the
conscript camp at Blue Mt., possibly the last fight of the war.
The command proceeded, via
Newnan to Griffin, Georgia, on the Atlanta & Macon road, where
Croxton
found an engine and went to Macon and surprised Gen. Wilson, who had
supposed
him back in Tennessee, by reporting to him. The regiment moved to
Macon, and
after some marching in pursuit of the fugitive President of the
Confederacy,
remained in camp at Macon, till August 17th, when it was mustered out
and
ordered to Louisville for final discharge.
The 4th Kentucky infantry
served something over four years. Proud of its record, it never changed
its
organization to the 4th Kentucky Veteran Infantry. It was never on post
duty
and never on detached duty, but always actively in the field. When the
different army corps began to take emblems, the 14th Corps took the
acorn. That
was a reminiscence of Camp Dick Robinson, where the Bluegrass boys of
the 4th
began in the fall to joke the mountain boys of the 3rd and 7th about
the
ripeness and abundance of the oak mast, and those regiments began to
call
themselves acorn regiments. The 4th Kentucky Infantry, first and last,
had more
men in it than any other Kentucky regiment---it never failed to receive
the
commendation of its commanders. Every officer holding a commission at
date of
muster out, except the colonel and lieutenant colonel, had risen from
the
ranks.
From Dyer's Compendium:
4th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., October
9, 1861.
Attached to Thomas' Command, Army of Ohio, to November, 1861. 2nd
Brigade, Army
of Ohio, to December, 1861. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Ohio, to
September,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Ohio, to November,
1862.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division (Center), 14th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to
January. 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October,
1863.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade,
1st
Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to
August,
1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Crab
Orchard, Ky., October 28, 1861; thence to Lebanon, Ky., and duty there
until
January, 1862. Advance on Camp Hamilton January 1-15. Action at Logan's
Cross
Roads on Fishing Creek January 19. Battle of Mill Springs January
19-20. Duty
at Mill Springs until February 11. Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to
Nashville, Tenn., February 11-March 2. March to Savannah, Tenn., March
20-April
7. Expedition to Bear Creek, Ala., April 12-13. Advance on and siege of
Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama
and
Middle Tennessee June to August. Action at Decatur August 7. March to
Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August
20-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16. Battle of
Perryville October 8. March to Gallatin, Tenn., and duty there until
January
13, 1863. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862-January 2, 1863.
Action
at Boston December 29, 1862. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., January 13,
1863, and
duty there until June. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Middle
Tennessee
(or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26.
Tullahoma June
29-30. Elk River July 3. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August
16.
Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga
(Ga.)
Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September
19-21.
Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold
Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge
November
25. Veterans on furlough January and February, 1864. Regiment changed
to
Mounted Infantry and reorganized at Lexington, Ky. Moved to Lafayette,
Ga., May
16-June 11. At Villenow Valley and Snake Creek Gap, Ga., guarding
railroad
until July. Lafayette June 24. Near Atlanta June 26. Chattahoochie
River July
6-17. McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad and Macon
&
Western Railroad July 27-31. Lovejoy Station July 29. Near Newnan July
30. At
Kingston, Ga., until September 17. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., thence to
Franklin and pursuit of Forest September 25-October 10. Pulaski, Tenn.,
September 26, 27 and 29. Muscle Shoals, near Florence, Ala., October
30. Near
Shoal Creek, Ala., October 31. Nashville Campaign November-December.
Shoal
Creek, near Florence, November 5-6. On line of Shoal Creek November
16-20.
Fouche Springs November 23. Campbellsville November 24. In front of
Columbia
November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville
December
15-16. Lynnville and Richland Creek December 24-25. Pulaski December
25-26.
Expedition into Mississippi January 15-21, 1865. Wilson's Raid to
Macon, Ga.,
March 22-May 1. Trion, Ala., April 1. Northport, near Tuscaloosa, April
3.
Occupation of Tuscaloosa April 4. Occupation of Talladega April 22.
Munford's
Station April 23. Rejoin Wilson at Macon May 1. Duty at Macon and in
Georgia
until August. Mustered out August 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service
1 Officer and 118 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4
Officers and
326 Enlisted men by disease. Total 459.
Additional Resources
Holly
Timm's "Many Native Sons Were in the 4th Kentucky Infantry"