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River Bridge guarding line of Chattanooga Railroad until July. Negley's Expedition to Chattanooga June 1–15 (1 section). Chattanooga June 7–8. Battle of Murfreesboro July 13. Captain Hewitt and four guns captured. At Manchester August (1 section), and at Nashville until December. Siege of Nashville September 12-November 7. Franklin Pike, near Nashville, December 14. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. 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 until February 1864. At Decherd Station until April and at Tullahoma, Tenn., until November. Ordered to Louisville, Ky. for muster out.
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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
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The battery lost a total of 22 men during service; 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 20 enlisted men died of disease.
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The battery was attached to Thomas' Command, Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, to December 1861. Artillery, 1st Division,
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Alphabetical roster of the Battery "B" 1st Kentucky Light Artillery taken from Thomas Speed's
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and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 8, 1861, under the command of
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Battery "B" 1st Kentucky Light Artillery mustered out of service at
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Alphabetical roster of the Battery "B" 1st Kentucky Light Artillery taken from Thomas Speed's Union Regiments of Kentucky
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