4th Kentucky Cavalry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Louisville, Ky., December 24, 1861. Moved to Bardstown, Ky., January 6, 1862, and duty there until March. Unattached Cavalry, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army Ohio, to October, 1862. District of Louisville, Ky., Dept. Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--Moved from Bardstown, Ky., to Nashville, Tenn., March 26, 1862, thence to Wartrace, Tenn., April 8, and duty in that vicinity until July. Action at Lebanon May 5. Readyville June 7. Rankin's Ferry near Jasper June 18. Shell Mountain June 21. Battle Creek June 21 and July 5. Murfreesboro July 13 (4 Cos.). Moved to Tullahoma July 13, and duty there until August. Sparta August 4 (Detachment). Raid on Louisville & Nashville Railroad August 19-21 (Detachment). March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 22-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Near Perryville October 6-7. Near Mountain Gap October 14 and 16. Duty on southern, border of Kentucky until February, 1863. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., February 9, thence to Murfreesboro and Franklin, Tenn. Expedition to Spring Hill March 4-5. Franklin March 4. Thompson's Station, Spring Hill, March 5. Expedition from Franklin to Columbia March 8-12. Thompson's Station March 9. Rutherford Creek March 10-11. Spring Hill March 19. Near Thompson's Station March 23. Little Harpeth March 25. Near Franklin March 31. Thompson's Station May 2. Franklin June 4. Triune June 9. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Uniontown and Rover June 23. Middleton June 24. Fosterville, Guy's Gap and Shelbyville June 27. Expedition to Huntsville July 13-22.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • Maysville, Ala., August 21 and 28.
  • September 10, 1863 - Reconnaissances from Alpine, Georgia - With multiple units
  • Skirmishes at Summerville September 10 and 15.
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia

Moved to Bellefonte, Ala., September 25-30. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 2. Moved to Caperton's Ferry October 2, and duty there until December 2. Moved to Rossville, Ga., December 2-5, and duty there until January 6, 1864. Scout toward Dalton December 12, 1863. Skirmish at Lafayette December 12. Scout to Lafayette December 21-23. Veterans on furlough January to March, 1864. Near Chattanooga until May.

• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Duty in rear of army covering and protecting railroad at Wauhatchie, Lafayette, Calhoun, Dalton and Resaca.
  • At Wauhatchie May 5 to June 18.
    • A detachment at Lexington, Ky., June 10, 1864
  • At Lafayette until August 4.
  • Actions at Lafayette June 24 and 30.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • At Calhoun August 4 to October 12.
  • Pine Log Creek and near Fairmount August 14.
  • October 12-October 13, 1864 - Skirmishes about Resaca, Georgia
  • Near Summerville October 18.
  • Little River, Ala., October 20.
  • Leesburg October 21.
  • Ladiga, Terrapin Creek, October 28.
  • Moved to Louisville, Ky., November 3-9.
  • Operations against Lyon in Kentucky December 6-28.
  • Hopkinsville, Ky., December 16.
  • At Nashville, Tenn., until January 9, 1865.
  • Moved to Gravelly Springs, Ala., and duty there until March.
  • Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22-May 1.
  • Six-Mile Creek March 31.
  • Selma April 2.
  • Montgomery April 12.
  • Wetumpka April 13.
  • Fort Tyler, West Point, April 16.
  • Capture of Macon April 20.
  • Duty at Macon and in the Dept. of Georgia until August.
  • Mustered out August 21, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 148 Enlisted men by disease. Total 180.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 700, 701, 703, 715, 720, 860, 1191-1192)