16th Kentucky Infantry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Kenton in fall of 1861 and mustered in January 27, 1862. Attached to 18th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to March, 1862. Unattached, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. District of West Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Nelson's Expedition into Eastern Kentucky November, 1861. Action at Ivy Mountain November 8. Piketon November 8-9. Returned to Camp Kenton and duty there and near Maysville, Ky., until March 2, 1862. Moved to Piketon March 2 and duty there until June 13. Moved to Prestonburg June 13, thence to Louisa July 15, and duty there until August. Moved to Covington, Louisville and Bowling Green, Ky., August. Duty there, at Shepherdsville, West Point and Munfordsville until December. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Duty at Lebanon, Munfordsville and Glasgow, Ky., until August, 1863.

• July 2-July 26, 1863 - Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio

Burnside's march over Cumberland Mountains and Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. At Loudon September 4 to November 14. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Kingston November 7. Lenoir November 14-15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Near Kingston November 24-December 4. Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. (Regiment reenlisted at Mossy Creek December 27, 1863.) Moved to Kentucky January, 1864, and Veterans on furlough February and March. Ordered to Camp Nelson, Ky., April 16; thence march to Knoxville, Tenn., and to Red Clay, Ga., and joined Sherman.

• 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
  • Cartersville May 20.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Lost Mountain June 11-17.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Cheyney's Farm June 22.
  • Olley's Creek June 26-27.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
  • Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Utoy Creek August 5-7.
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
  • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
• Operations In North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3.

Moved to Nashville, thence to Pulaski, Tenn. Nashville Campaign November-December, Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29, Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Smithville, N. C., January 15-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 12-14. Near Smithville February 16.

• February 18, 1865 - Action at Fort Anderson, North Carolina
• February 19, 1865 - Capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina

Town Creek February 19-20. Eagle Island February 21. Capture of Wilmington February 22.

• March 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Advance on Goldsboro, N. C., March 6-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 21.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 10-13.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
  • Duty at Greensburg, N. C., until July.
• Mustered out July 15, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 50 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 131 Enlisted men by disease. Total 188.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 735, 823, 824, 1204)