Battles in Kentucky 1864

This chart shows the actions which occurred and the Federal losses. Actual confederate losses are unknown for these battles.

Jan. 9 Skirmish, Terman's Ferry KENTUCKY--39th Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 killed, 9 missing. Total, 10.

Jan. 12 Skirmish, Mayfield ILLINOIS--58th Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded, 14 missing. Total, 16.

Jan. 12 Skirmish, Marshall (No Reports.)

Jan. 13 Skirmish, Ragland's Mills KENTUCKY--45th Infantry (Detachment).

Jan. 27 Affair, Cumberland River (No Details.)

Feb. 8 Skirmish, Barboursville OHIO--129th Infantry.

Feb. 22 Raid on Mayfield (No Reports.)

March 6 Affair, Columbus TENNESSEE--2d Heavy Arty., African descent (Co. "E").

March 10 Raid on Clinton (No Reports.)

March 10 Raid on Mayfield (No Reports.)

March 19 Skirmish, Cumberland River KENTUCKY--13th Cavalry (Detachment).

March 22 Affair, Fancy Farms (No Reports.)

March 25 Action. Fort Anderson, Paducah ILLINOIS--122d Infantry (Co's "C," "H," "K"). KENTUCKY--16th Cavalry. UNITED STATES---8th Colored Heavy Arty.; Gunboats "Paw Paw" and "Peosta." Union loss, 14 killed, 16 wounded. Total, 30.

March 27 Skirmish, Columbus NEW JERSEY--34th Infantry. UNITED STATES--3d Colored Infantry.

March 28-April 16. Operations in Eastern Kentucky KENTUCKY--14th, 39th and 40th Infantry. MICHIGAN --11th Cavalry.

March 28 Affair. New Hope KENTUCKY--52d Infantry (Detachment).

March 30 Scout from Columbus to Clinton and Moscow NEW JERSEY--34th Infantry (Detachment).

March 31 Skirmish, Forks of Beaver KENTUCKY--14th and 39th Infantry (Detachments).

April --. Skirmish, Creek Head (No Reports.)

April 5 Skirmish, Quicksand Creek KENTUCKY--14th Infantry (Co. "I").

April 7 Skirmish, Brushy Creek KENTUCKY--14th and 39th Infantry (Detachments).

April 11 Skirmish, Columbus NEW JERSEY--34th Infantry (Detachment). UNITED STATES--3d Colored Infantry (Detachment).

April 13 Skirmish, Columbus NEW JERSEY--34th Infantry (Detachment). UNITED STATES--3d Colored Infantry (Detachment).

April 13 Skirmish, Paintsville KENTUCKY--14th and 39th Mounted Infantry.

April 14 Skirmish, Paducah OHIO--72d Infantry.

April 14 Action, Half Mountain, Licking River KENTUCKY--14th and 39th Mounted Infantry. Union loss, 4 wounded.

April 14 Affair, Booneville KENTUCKY--Home Guard.

April 16 Skirmish, Saylersville KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

April 18-20 Exp. from Burkesville to Obey's RiverTenn KENTUCKY--13th Cavalry (Detachment).

April 19 Skirmish, Pound Gap KENTUCKY--45th Infantry (Detachment).

April 27 Skirmish, Troublesome Creek KENTUCKY--45th Infantry.

May 5 Scout in Meade and Breckenridge Counties. KENTUCKY--35th Infantry (Co. "B").

May 6 Skirmish, Morganfield KENTUCKY--45th Infantry.

May 9-13 E'xp. from Louisa to Rockhouse Creek KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry (Co. "B").

May 9 Skirmish, Pound Gap MICHIGAN--11th Cavalry (Co's "A," "F").

May 16 Skirmish, Pond Creek, Pike County MICHIGAN--11th Cavalry (Co's "A," "F").

May 16 Skirmish, Pike County KENTUCKY--39th Infantry.

May 18 Skirmish, Wolf River KENTUCKY--39th Infantry.

May 20 Skirmish, Mayfield KENTUCKY--13th Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed.

May 31-June 20 Operations against Morgan's Invasion of Kentucky INDIANA--2d Cavalry. KENTUCKY--13th and 16th Cavalry; Battery "C" Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 37th, 39th, 40th, 47th and 52d Infantry. MICHIGAN--9th and 11th Cavalry (Detachments).OHIO--7th and 12t

h Cavalry; 168th and 171st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA --9th Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Heavy Arty. (Co. "B"); Louisville Dragoons and Kentucky Militia.

June 1 Skirmish near Pound Gap KENTUCKY--45th Mounted Infantry.

June 8 Capture of Mount Sterling By Morgan.

June 9 Affair near Pleasureville Attack on train containing public property, and defended by citizens and Militia.

June 9 Action, Mount Sterling KENTUCKY--Battery "C" Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 37th, 39th, 40th, 47th and 52d Infantry. MICHIGAN--11th Cavalry. OHIO--12th Cavalry. Union loss, 35 killed, 150 wounded. Total, 185.

June 10 Affair near Benson's Bridge KENTUCKY--Militia (Detachment).

June 10 Action, Lexington KENTUCKY--4th Cavalry. Union loss, 2 wounded.

June 10 Skirmish, Cynthiana OHIO--168th Infantry.

June 10-12 Demonstration on Frankfort KENTUCKY--36th Enrolled Militia and Citizens, Repulse of Morgan's attack. Union loss. 3 wounded.

June 11 Action, Keller's Bridge, near Cynthiana KENTUCKY--47th Infantry. OHIO--168th and 171st Infantry. Union loss, 13 killed, 54 wounded, 700 captured and missing. Total, 767.

June 12 Action, Cynthiana KENTUCKY--13th and 16th Cavalry; 37th, 39th, 40th, 45th, 47th and 52d Infantry. MICHIGAN--9th and 11th Cavalry. OHIO--7th and 12th Cavalry. Union loss, 8 killed, 17 wounded, 280 missing. Total, 305.

June 17 Skirmish, Liberty KENTUCKY--13th Cavalry.

June 25 Skirmish, Morganfield KENTUCKY--35th Infantry.

June 27 Affair, Crittenden OHIO---164th National Guard Infantry (Detachment).

June 30 Affair, Powell River TENNESSEE--1st Cavalry (2 Co's).

July--. Skirmish, Slaughtersville KENTUCKY--35th Infantry.

July 10 Skirmish, Clinton NEW JERSEY--34th Infantry. Union loss, 4 wounded.

July 13 Skirmish, Bell Mines KENTUCKY--52d Infantry.

July 13-15 Scout from Munfordsville to Big Springs.. KENTUCKY--52d Infantry (Detachment).

July 14 Skirmish, Morganfield KENTUCKY--52d Infantry.

July 14-18 Operations in Webster and Union Counties. KENTUCKY--35th and 52d Infantry (Detachments).

July 15 Skirmish, Geiger's Lake KENTUCKY--35th and 52d Infantry (Detachments).

July 17-18 Scout from Columbus to Hickman TENNESSEE--7th Cavalry (Detachment).

July 26-27. Exp. from Paducah to Haddix Ferry ILLINOIS--132d Infantry. UNITED STATES---8th Colored Heavy Arty.

July 27 Skirmish near Haddix Ferry ILLINOIS---132d Infantry. UNITED STATES---8th Colored Heavy Arty.

Aug. 1 Skirmish near Bardstown KENTUCKY--35th Mounted Infantry (Co. "A").

Aug. 2 Skirmish near New Haven KENTUCKY--40th Infantry (Co. "C").

Aug. 7 Raid in Union County By Guerrillas.

Aug. 8 Skirmish, Salem KENTUCKY--48th Infantry.

Aug. 14-15 Scout from Mayfield and Skirmish ILLINOIS---3d Cavalry (Detachment).

Aug. 16-22 Exp. from Mt. Vernon, Ind., into Kentucky. INDIANA--32d and 46th Infantry (Non-Veterans); Indiana Legion, Cavalry, Arty. and Infantry Detachments.

Aug. 17 Skirmish, White Oak Springs INDIANA--32d and 46th Infantry (Non-Veterans), Detachments Indiana Legion.

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Aug. 18 Skirmish, Geiger's Lake INDIANA--32d and 46th Infantry (Non-Veterans), Detachments Indiana Legion.

Aug. 19 Skirmish, Smith's Mills INDIANA--32d and 46th Infantry (Non-Veterans), Detachments Indiana Legion.

Aug. 21 Skirmish, Grubb's Cross Roads KENTUCKY--52d Infantry.

Aug. 22 Skirmishes, Canton and Roaring Springs... KENTUCKY--13th Cavalry: 35th, 40th and 52d Infantry

Aug. 23 Action, Bettie's Gap KENTUCKY--37th Infantry.

Aug. 27 Skirmish, Owensborough UNITED STATES--108th Colored Infantry. Union loss 3 killed.

Aug. 29 Skirmish near Ghent UNITED STATES---117th Infantry, Colored. Union loss 2 killed.

Sept. 2 Skirmish, Union City TENNESSEE----7th Cavalry (Detachment).

UNITED STATES--4th Colored Heavy Arty.

Sept. 2 Raid on Owensborough By Guerrillas.

Sept. 3. Skirmish, Sibley County KENTUCKY--30th Infantry.

Sept. 14 Affair, Weston KENTUCKY--48th Infantry (Detachment).

Sept. 20 Affair, McCormick's Gap KENTUCKY--37th Infantry.

Sept. 20-Oct. 17 Exp. from Kentucky into Southwest Virginia (Burbridge's) KENTUCKY--11th and 13th Cavalry; 26th, 30th, 35th, 37th, 39th, 40th and 45th Infantry. MICHIGAN--11th Cavalry. OHIO--12th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--5th Colored Cavalry.

Sept. 25. Skirmish, Henderson UNITED STATES----118th Colored Infantry. Union loss 3 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 4.

Oct. 17 Skirmish, Eddyville KENTUCKY--48th Mounted Infantry (Detachment)

UNITED STATES--13th Colored Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 55.

Oct. 21 Skirmish, Harrodsburg UNITED STATES---5th Colored Cavalry.

Oct. 29 Attack on Vanceburg Citizens.

Oct. 30 Affair near Fort Heiman Capture by Morgan, of U. S. Gunboat "Undine," and Transports.

Nov. 5 Skirmish, Bloomfield KENTUCKY--37th Infantry (Detachment).

Nov. 5-6 Skirmishes, Big Pigeon River NORTH CAROLINA--3d Mounted Infantry. Union loss, 2 wounded.

Nov. 15 Skirmish, Owen County KENTUCKY--30th Infantry.

Dec. 8 Skirmish, Scottsville KENTUCKY--52d Infantry (1 Co.).

Dec. 16 Action, Hopkinsville INDIANA--2d and 4th Cavalry. KENTUCKY--4th, 6th and 7th Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.

Dec. 31 Skirmish, Sharpsburg UNITED STATES----121st Colored Infantry (Detachment) Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 2.

SOURCE: Dyer, Frederick H. - Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

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