8th Kentucky Infantry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Estill Springs and Lebanon, Ky., October, 1861. Attached to Thomas' Command to January, 1862. 16th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1862, 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade. Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Estill Springs, Ky., until November 28, 1861. March to Lebanon, Ky., November 28-December 3, and duty there until March, 1862. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 10-23; thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 3-4, and to Wartrace May 3. Duty there until June 11. Dumont's Expedition over Cumberland Mountains June, 11-19. Moved to Elk River Bridge July 4; thence to Tullahoma July 9, and Join Nelson. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Russellville and Glasgow September 30. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Battle of Perryville October 8. Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. Reconnaissance on Madison Road October 19. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 12, and duty there until December 26. Murfreesboro Pike November 9. Dobbins' Ferry, near Lavergne, December 9. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 25-26. At McMinnville until August 16.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • Ringgold, Ga., September 11.
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • Taylor's Ridge, Ringgold Gap, November 27.

At Shellmound, Tenn., until March, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn.. March 1, and garrison duty there until September 26, 1864. Moved to Elk River Bridge September 26 and duty there until October 20. At Chattanooga until November 28 and at Bridgeport, Ala., until January, 1865. Mustered out February, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 144 Enlisted men by disease. Total 205.

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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, 860, 862, 866, 1201)