Kentucky Artillery (US) |
References:
Dyer's
Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1908 Edition
Organized at Camp Joe Holt, Ky., from Louisville Legion July, 1861, as Stone's Battery, and mustered in at Camp Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., September 27, 1861. Attached to Rousseau's Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, to December, 1861. Artillery, 2nd Division, Army Ohio, to August, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army Ohio, to October, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Centre 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to October, 1863. Unassigned, Army of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Post of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1864. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.
SERVICE--Moved to Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., September 17, 1861. At Camp Muldraugh's Hill and Nolin till February, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 2. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 20-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Jefferson December 30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31. 1862, and January 1-3, 1863, At Murfreesboro till June. Expedition to McMinnville March 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Tullahoma July 1; Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads, near Dug Gap, September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. At Murfreesboro, Tenn., till March, 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., as Garrison Artillery, till November, 1864. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Warfield's, near Columbia, December 23. At Huntsville, Ala., till March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville till June. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence to Texas June-July. Duty at San Antonio, Texas, and at Victoria, Texas, till NovemBer. Mustered out November 17, 1865.
Battery lost during service 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 21 Enlisted men by disease. Total 32.
Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., as Company "D,, 3rd Kentucky Infantry, but mustered in as a Battery October 8, 1861. Attached to Thomas' Command, Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., to December, 1861. Artillery, 1st Division, Army Ohio, to March, 1862. Unattached Artillery, Army Ohio, March, 1862. 23rd Independent Brigade, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. Artillery, 8th Division, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Unattached Army of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 12th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unattached Artillery, Dept. Cumberland, to August, 1864. Defences Nashville & Northwestern Railroad to October, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to November, 1864.
SERVICE.--At Campbellsville, Ky., December, 1861. At Beech Grove, Ky., January, 1862. March to relief of Thomas at Mill Springs, Ky., January 19-21. Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 2. Advance on Murfreesboro March 17-19. Duty at Murfreesboro, Columbia, Shelbyville and Elk River Bridge guarding line of Chattanooga Railroad till July. Negley's Expedition to Chattanooga June 1-15 (Section). Chattanooga June 7-8. Battle of Murfreesboro July 13. Hewett and 4 guns captured. At Manchester August (1 Section), and at Nashville till December. Siege of Nashville September 12-November 7. Franklin Pike, near Nashville, December 14. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Tullahoma July 1. Elk River Bridge July 3 and 14. Stationed at Elk River Bridge guarding line of Nashville Chattanooga Railroad till February, 1864. At Decherd Station till April and at Tullahoma, Tenn., till November. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., and mustered out November 16, 1864.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 20 Enlisted men by disease. Total 22.
Commenced organizing at Lebanon, Ky., May, 1863. Morgan's attack on Lebanon, Ky., July 3, 1863. Battery captured. Reorganized at Louisville, Ky., September 10, 1863. Attached to District of Louisville, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to October, 1863. District of South Central Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to December, 1864. Mt. Sterling, District of Kentucky, to February, 1865. Little Rock, Ark., Dept. of Arkansas, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in District of Louisville till October, 1863, and in South Central Kentucky till January, 1864. Ordered to Southwest Kentucky and duty there till March, 1864. Reported at Paris, Ky., March 1. At Mt. Sterling, Ky., till May. Ordered to mouth of Beaver on Big Sandy May 3. Operations against Morgan May 31-June 30. Action at Mt. Sterling June 9. Cynthiana June 12. Duty in Eastern Kentucky till December. Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Marion December 17-18. Saltsville December 20-21. Duty in Eastern Kentucky till February, 1865. Ordered to Little Rock, Ark., and post duty there till July. Mustered out July 26, 1865.
Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 20.
Failed to complete organization.
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October to December, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1863. District of Somerset, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of Kentucky, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.---Garrison duty at Camp Nelson and Camp Burnside, Ky., till June, 1864. Reenlisted February, 1864. Duty at Lexington, Ky., till November, 1864. Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Near Marion December 16-17. Saltsville, Va., December 20-21. Duty at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till August, 1865. Mustered out August 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 10 by disease.
Organized at Pendleton, Ohio, from Company "E," 1st Kentucky Infantry, June 3, 1861. Permanently detached January, 1862. Attached to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division West Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Scammon's Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division West Virginia, to April, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division West Virginia, to July, 1864. Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division West Virginia, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Pendleton, Ohio, till July, 1861. Ordered to the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., July 10. March from Mt. Pleasant to Charleston, W. Va., July 11-25. Action at Scarry Creek July 17. Tyler Mountain July 24. Capture of Charleston July 25. Advance to Gauley July 26-August 1. Moved to Camp Piatt, arriving August 25. Gauley Bridge August 28. Boone Court House September 1. Peytonia September 12. Moved to Raleigh September 20-27. Chapmansville September 25. Return to Gauley, arriving there October 10. Cotton Hill October 13. Operations in Kanawha Valley October 19-November 16. Gauley Bridge October 23. Attack on Gauley by Floyd's Batteries November 1-9. Movement on Cotton Mountain and pursuit of Floyd November 1-18. Duty at Gauley Bridge till April, 1862. Advance on Princeton April 22-May 4. At Flat Top Mountain till August. Wolf Creek May 15. Moved to Washington, D.C., August 14-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Frederick, Md., September 12. Battles of South Mountain September 14, and Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Clarksburg, Suttonville, Summerville, Gauley Bridge and Kanawha Falls, W. Va., October 8-November 14, and duty there till April, 1863, and at Camp White, Charleston, W. Va., till July. At Gauley Bridge till September. At Camp Toland, Charleston, W. V., till January, 1864. Scout to Boone Court House October 21-22, 1863. Expedition from Charleston to Lewisburg November 3-13. Capture of Lewisburg November 7. At Fayetteville till April, 1864. Crook's Expedition against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Action at Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Lexington June 11. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Buford's Gap June 20. Salem June 21. At Camp Piatt and Harper's Ferry till August, and at Camp Fuller, Va., till June, 1865. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 10 Enlisted men by disease. Total 13.