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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 - Infantry

1st Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Pendleton, Ohio (5/1861); Reorganized by KY (6/1861)

2nd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Pendleton, Ohio (5/1861)

3rd Regiment, Infantry

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

4th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Dick Robinson (Garrard Co.), Kentucky (10/9/1861)

5th Regiment, Infantry ("Louisville Legion")

Organized: Camp Joe Holt (near Louisville), Kentucky (9/9/1861)

6th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Sigel, Muldraugh's Hill and Shepherdsville, Kentucky (9/9/1861)

7th Regiment, Infantry ("Old 3rd")

Organized: Camp Dick Robinson (Garrard Co.), Kentucky (9/22/1861)

8th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Estill Springs and Lebanon, Kentucky (10/1861)

9th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Boyle (Adair Co.) Kentucky (11/20/1861)

10th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Lebanon, Kentucky (11/21/1861)

11th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Calhoun (McLean Co.), Kentucky (12/9/1861)

12th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Dick Robinson (Garrard Co.) and Clio, Kentucky (9/1861)

13th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Hobson (near Greensburg) Kentucky and mustered in at Green River (12/10/1861)

14th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Wallace (Lawrence County) Kentucky (12/10/1861)

15th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: New Haven, Kentucky (12/14/1861)

16th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Kenton (near Maysville), Kentucky (1/27/1862)

17th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Hartford and Camp Calhoun (McLean County), Kentucky (9/1861)

18th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Various locations (1/2/1862)

19th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Harwood (near Harrodsburg), Kentucky (1/2/1862)

20th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Lexington, Camp Dick Robinson (Garrard Co.) and Smithland, Kentucky (1/6/1862)

21st Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Hobson (Taylor Co.), Camp Ward (Green Co.), Kentucky (12/31/1861)

22nd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Louisa, Kentucky (1/20/1862)

23rd Regiment, Infantry

Camp King, Lexington, Kentucky (1/2/1862)

24th Regiment, Infantry

Lexington, Kentucky (12/21/1861)

25th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Calhoun, Kentucky (1/1/1862)

26th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Owensboro, Kentucky (7/1861)

27th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Rochester, Kentucky (12/16/1861)

28th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Louisville and New Haven, Kentucky (10/10/1861)

29th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

30th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Somerset and Frankfort, Kentucky (2/1864)

31st Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

32nd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Frankfort and Camp Burnside, Kentucky (8/1862)

33rd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Munfordsville, Kentucky (9/13/1862)

34th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Louisville (10/3/1862)

35th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Owensboro, Kentucky (9/26/1863)

36th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

37th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Glasgow, Kentucky (9/17/1863)

38th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

39th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Peach Orchard, Kentucky (11/18/1862)

40th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Grayson and Falmouth, Kentucky (7/30/1863)

41st Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

42nd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

43rd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

44th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

45th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Various locations (10/10/1863)

46th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

47th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Irvine and Camp Nelson, Kentucky (10/5/1863)

48th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Princeton, Kentucky (10/26/1863)

49th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Camp Nelson, Kentucky (9/19/1863)

50th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

51st Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Failed to complete Organized

52nd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Franklin and Scottsville, Kentucky (10/16/1863)

53rd Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Covington, Kentucky (9/1864)

54th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: New Castle, Kentucky (9/1864)

55th Regiment, Infantry

Organized: Covington, Kentucky (11/1864)

Kentucky Confederate Regiments: Infantry

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 Infantry Battalion

Organized: location unknown (4/1861)

1st Infantry Regiment

Organized: from 1st Infantry Battalion and Taylor's Infantry Battalion at Manassas Junction, Virginia (8/7/1861)

2nd Infantry Regiment

Organized: Camp Boone (Montgomery Co., Tennessee) (7/13/1861)

3rd Infantry Regiment

Organized: Camp Boone (Montgomery Co., Tennessee) (7/5/1861)

4th Infantry Regiment

Organized: Camp Burnett (Montgomery Co., Tennessee) (9/13/1861)

5th Infantry Regiment

Organized: location unknown (10/22/1861)

6th Infantry Regiment

Organized: Cave City, Kentucky (9/10/1861)

7th Infantry Regiment

Organized: Camp Burnett (Hickman Co.), Kentucky (9/1861)

8th Infantry Regiment

Organized: Hopkinsville, Kentucky (10/1861)

9th Infantry Regiment ("5th Infantry Regiment")

Organized: Camp Boone (Montgomery Co.) , Tennessee (10/3/1861)

Desha's Infantry Battalion

Organized: from two companies of the 9th Infantry Regiment and additional companies in Abingdon, Virginia (5/27/1863 - disbanded 1863)

Taylor's Infantry Battalion

Organized: Nashville, Tennessee (4/1861)

White's Infantry Battalion

Organized: location unknown (1861 - disbanded 1861)

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