8th Kentucky Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• October 1861 - Organized near Hopkinsville, Kentucky
• February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
  • February 16, 1862 - Surrendered
  • September 13, 1862 - Exchanged at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
• September 25, 1862 - Re-organized
• October 1, 1862 - 40th Tennessee Infantry / Company B (an Arkansas company) transferred to unit
• December 5, 1862 - Coffeeville
• April-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
  • May 17, 1863 - Big Black River Bridge
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg [Detachment]
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
• March 10, 1864 - Regiment mounted
• March 25, 1865 - Paducah
• June 10, 1864 - Brice's Cross Roads
• June 14, 1864 - Tupelo
• November 3-5, 1864 - Johnsonville
• November 29, 1864 - Spring Hill
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• March 22-April 24, 1865 - Wilson's Raid
• Early 1865 - Field consolidation with the 12th Kentucky Cavalry and (Sypert's) Kentucky Cavalry
• April 1, 1865 - Ebenezer Church
• December 5-7, 1864 - Murfreesboro
• December 20, 1864 - Columbia
• April 2, 1865 - Selma
• May 6, 1865 - Surrendered at Columbus, Mississippi

DESIGNATIONS

• December 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / Army of Kentucky / Clark's Brigade
• February 1862 - Department #2 / Fort Donelson / Johnston's Division / Davidson's Brigade
• October 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Lovell's Division / Rust's Brigade
• October 1862-January 1863 - Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 1st Corps / Tilgman's Division / Baldwin's Brigade
• January-March 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Rust's Brigade
• March-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Buford's Brigade
• April 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
• January-March 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
• March-November 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Thompson's/Crossland's/Lyon's/Crossland's Brigade
• November-December 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Buford's Division / Crossland's Brigade
• March-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Crossland's Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Henry C. Burnett (Colonel)
• Jabez Bingham (Major)
• Robert W. Henry (Major)
• Hylan B. Lyon (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• R.R. Ross (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Absalom R. Shacklett (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 30, 41, 183)
• George, Henry, History of the Third, Seventh, Eighth, and Twelfth Kentucky, C.S.A.