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6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union)

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25-March 18. March to Savannah, Tennessee, March 18-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August. Flat Lick, Tenn., August 17 (detachment). March to Louisville, Kentucky, in pursuit of Bragg August 17-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to London, Kentucky, October 1–22. Battle of Perryville, October 8. Danville October 11. Near Crab Orchard October 15. Wild Cat Mountain, near Crab Orchard, and Big Rockcastle River, near Mt. Vernon, October 18. Pittman's Cross Roads October 19. March to Nashville, Tennessee, October 23-November 6, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 26–30. Springfield, Kentucky, December 30 (detachment). Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Woodbury January 24. Expedition to Woodbury April 2. Snow Hill, Woodbury, April 3. Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24–27. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Lee and Gordon's Mills, Georgia, September 11–13. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19–20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29. Brown's Ferry October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23–24. Missionary Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Operations in eastern Tennessee December 1863 to April 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to August 19, 1864. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8–13. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18–19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22–25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11–14. Lost Mountain June 15–17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Pace's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 6–17. Peachtree Creek July 19–20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 19. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 19. Garrison duty there and at Bridgeport, Alabama, until November 2. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, then ordered to Louisville, Kentucky. Mustered out September 23, 1864 to January 2, 1865.
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Engaged in the defense of eastern Kentucky before muster. Moved to Lebanon, Kentucky, November 28, 1861. Skirmish at Bagdad, Selby County, Kentucky, December 12, 1861. At Camp Wyckliffe, Kentucky, until February 1862. Advance on Nashville, Tennessee, February 14–25. Occupation of Nashville February
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The regiment lost a total of 216 men during service; 10 officers and 105 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 96 enlisted men died of disease.
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The regiment was attached to Rousseau's 1st Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Kentucky, to November 1861. 12th Brigade,
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and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 24, 1861, under the command of
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A History of the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S.: The Boys Who Feared No Noise
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Lieutenant Colonel Richard Rockingham - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga
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Colonel George T. Shackelford - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga
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Major Richard T. Whitaker - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga
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The 6th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Kentucky
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S. by Joe Reinhart
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The 6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at
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Index

United States
Union
Infantry
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stones River
Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Peachtree Creek
Siege of Atlanta
infantry
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Camp Muldraugh's Hill
Shepherdsville, Kentucky
Colonel
Walter Chiles Whitaker
Army of the Ohio
II Corps
XIV Corps
Army of the Cumberland
XXI Corps
IV Corps

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