Kentucky Regiments Involved in the Civil War - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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"Portrait of a Federal Soldier," ca. 1861-1865.

Regimental histories, as well as interesting Civil War facts, can be found in these sources in KDLA's collections:

Union Records

A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. (vols. 1-3) Frederick H. Dyer. New York: Sagamore Press, Inc. 1959. Call number: 973.7 Dyer

Confederate Records

Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Stewart Sifakis. New York: Facts on File. 1995. Call number: K973.742 Sifa

(Image: "Portrait of a Federal Soldier," ca. 1861-1865. Library of Congress)

"Kady Brownell" (served in the Union Army beside her hsuband, fought with the Rhode Island Volunteers)

Online Exhibits

Smithsonian

Library of Congress

Dakota State University

University of Virginia

PBS

National Archives and Records Administration

University of Georgia

Virginia Military Institute

New York Times

University of North Carolina

(Image: "Kady Brownell" (served in the Union Army beside her hsuband, fought with the Rhode Island Volunteers) Library of Congress)

KDLA also has online publications about genealogy during the Civil War era:

(Image: "Kentucky: On the Fence" (stamp on envelope) Graphic Arts File- Civil War Envelopes, New York Historical Society, Library of Congress)

Kentucky Regiments Involved in the Civil War

The listing below provides links to listings of Union and Confederate regiments that included troops from Kentucky, as well as the regiment's organization location and date. Please keep in mind that, due to the destruction of military records both during and after the War, sources for these listings is sketchy, and is not complete.

Kentucky Union Regiments: Artillery

Battery A, Light Artillery

Organized: Camp Muldraugh's Hill, Kentucky (9/27/1861)

Battery B, Light Artillery

Organized: Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky (10/8/1861)

Battery C, Light Artillery

Organized: Lebanon, Kentucky (5/1863)

Battery D, Light Artillery

Organized: Not Organized

Battery E, Light Artillery

Organized: Camp Nelson, Kentucky (10/1863)

Simmond's Battery, Light Artillery

Organized: Pendleton, Ohio from Co. E, 1st KY Infantry (6/3/1861)

Patterson's Independent Company Engineers

Organized: Camp Haskins, Kentucky (10/1861)

Kentucky Confederate Regiments: Artillery

Although Kentucky never seceded from the Union, it was admitted to the Confederacy on December 10, 1862. Records regarding these military units are incomplete.

1st Artillery Battery ("Lyon's Artillery Battery" or "Cobb's Artillery Battery")

Organized: Bowling Green, Kentucky (9/20/1861)

Bell's Artillery Battery

Organized: location unknown (8/10/1861)

Byrne's Artillery Battery

Organized: Mississippi/Kentucky (8/21/1861)

Cumberland Artillery Battery

Organized: location unknown (1861)

Harris'-Arnett's-Corbett's Artillery Battery

Organized: location unknown (1862 - disbanded later that year)

Issaquena Artillery Battery

Organized: Mississippi/Kentucky (11/8/1861)

Williams' Artillery Battery

Organized: location unknown (1862 - disbanded in 1864)

Other Regiment Types:
Cavalry Regiments - Union	Cavalry Regiments - Confederate
Infantry Regiments - Union	Infantry Regiments - Confederate

Source Materials

A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. (vols. 1-3) Frederick H. Dyer. New York: Sagamore Press, Inc. 1959. Call number: 973.7 Dyer

Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Stewart Sifakis. New York: Facts on File. 1995. Call number: K973.742 Sifa

Kentucky Encyclopedia. Kleber, John E., Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, James C. Klotter. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1992. Call number: K 976.9003 Kent

Thanks to the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Research Branch for assistance with this publication.

Information Updated:01/04/2006