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union unit
UNION 8th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry
Organized at Estill Springs and
Lebanon, Ky.
, October, 1861. Attached to Thomas' Command to January, 1862. 16th Brigade, Army of the
Ohio
, to February, 1862. 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the
Ohio
, to September, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the
Ohio
, September, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the
Ohio
, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland
, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade. 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland
, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade. Post of
Chattanooga
,
Tenn.
, Dept. of the
Cumberland
, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the
Cumberland
, to February, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at
Estill Springs, Ky.
, till November 28, 1861. March to
Lebanon, Ky.
, November 28-December 3, and duty there till March, 1862. Moved to
Nashville
,
Tenn.
, March 10-23; thence to
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
, April 3-4, and to Wartrace May 3. Duty there till June 11. Dumont's Expedition over
Cumberland Mountains
June 11-19. Moved to
Elk River
Bridge
July 4; thence to
Tullahoma
July 9, and join Nelson. March to
Louisville, Ky.
, in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Russellville and Glasgow September 30. Pursuit of Bragg into
Kentucky
October 1-22.
Battle of Perryville October 8. Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. Reconnoissance on
Madison Road October 19. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 12, and duty there till December 26. Murfreesboro Pike November 9. Dobbins' Ferry, near Lavergne, December 9. 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. Liberty Gap June 25-26. At McMinnville till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Ringgold, Ga., September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Taylor's Ridge, Ringgold Gap, November 27. At Shellmound, Tenn., till March, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn. March 1, and garrison duty there till September 26, 1864. Moved to Elk River Bridge September 26 and duty there till October 20. At Chattanooga till November 28 and at Bridgeport, Ala., till January, 1865. Mustered out February, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 144 Enlisted men by disease. Total 205.
confederate unit
KENTUCKY
TROOPS
8th Regiment,Kentucky
Mounted Infantry
8th Infantry Regiment was organized in September, 1861, at
Camp Boone, Tennessee
. The unit was captured at Fort Donelson , and of the 312 engaged, 99 were killed or wounded. After being exchanged it was attached to Tilghman's and Buford's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and
East Louisiana. It sustained 11 casualties at Coffeeville, then was involved in numerous engagements around Jackson. During the spring of 1864 the regiment was mounted and assigned to General Lyon's Brigade. It reported 17 disabled in the expedition from Memphis into Mississippi and 32 in the fight at Harrisburg. Later it skirmished in Alabama and surrendered in May, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Henry C. Burnett and Hylan B. Lyon, Lieutenant Colonel A.R. Shacklett, and Majors Jabez Bingham and R.W. Henry.
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