18th Kentucky Infantry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at large and mustered in February 8, 1862. Served unattached, Army of Ohio, to August, 1862. Cruft's Brigade, Nelson's Division, Richmond, Ky., Army of Kentucky, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to October, 1862. Unattached, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, to February, 1863. Crook's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty guarding Covington & Lexington Railroad. Headquarters at Falmouth, Ky., until April 16, 1862, and at Lexington, Ky., until August 20, 1862. Affairs in Owen County June 20 and 23. Operations in Kentucky against Morgan July 4-28. Action at Cynthiana July 17. Paris July 19. Mr. Sterling, Ky., July 29. Moved to Richmond, Ky., August 20. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 30. Regiment mostly captured; those not captured retreat to Louisville, Ky.; thence moved to Covington, Ky., September 28; thence to Paris, Ky., and duty there until December 5. Moved to Lexington, Ky., December 5; thence to Louisville, Ky., January 27, 1863, and to Nashville, Tenn., February 2. Moved to Carthage and duty there until June 2, Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 2-7. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Tullahoma July 1. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • Catlett's Gap, Pigeon Mountain, September 15-18.
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
  • Rossville Gap September 21
• September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• Brown's Ferry October 27,
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Orchard Knob November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
• Duty at Chattanooga until January, 1864.
• Regiment Veteranized January 5, and Veterans on leave until March.
• Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 12; thence march to Ringgold, Ga., March 22-May 7.
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• Assigned May 10 to post duty at Ringgold, Ga.
• Relieved September 25 and moved to Atlanta, Ga.
• Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama October 3-26.
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Fayetteville, N. C., March 11.
  • Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Non-Veterans mustered out April 4, 1865.
  • Advance on Raleigh, N. C., April 10-14.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 30.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Moved to Louisville, Ky., June.
• Mustered out July 18, 1865.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 85 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 152 Enlisted men by disease. Total 243.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 703, 715, 721, 723, 834, 860, 862, 866, 1205)