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Kentucky 6th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:24 Dec 1861
  • Muster Out Date:02 Jan 1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • 27 guns k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0
    • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
    • Escort:
    • Brigadier General John M. Palmer
    • Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood
    • Brigadier General William B. Hazen
    • Brigadier General William Babcock Hazen
    • Brigadier General William Nelson
    • Brigadier General William Sooy Smith
    • Colonel George T. Shackelford
    • Colonel Walter C. Whitaker
    • Colonel Walter Chiles Whitaker
    • Colonel William B. Hazen
    • Colonel William Babcock Hazen
    • Lieutenant Colonel Richard Rockingham
    • Major Richard T. Whitaker
    • Major General John M. Palmer
    • Major General William "Bull" Nelson
Battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Shiloh06 Apr 186207 Apr 18621 dayHardin County, Tennessee
Stones River31 Dec 186231 Dec 1862< 1 dayMurfreesboro, Tennessee
Siege of Corinth29 Apr 186230 May 186231 daysCorinth, Mississippi
Kennesaw Mountain27 Jun 186427 Jun 1864< 1 dayCobb County, Georgia
Chickamauga19 Sep 186320 Sep 18631 dayCatoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
Rocky Face Ridge07 May 186413 May 18646 daysWhitfield County, Georgia
Missionary Ridge25 Nov 186325 Nov 1863< 1 dayChattanooga, Tennessee
Resaca13 May 186416 May 18643 daysGordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
Perryville08 Oct 186208 Oct 1862< 1 dayPerryville, Kentucky
Dallas27 May 186404 Jun 18648 daysPaulding County, Georgia
Atlanta22 Jul 186422 Jul 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Peachtree Creek20 Jul 186420 Jul 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia
Woodbury, Tennessee24 Jan 186324 Jan 1863< 1 dayWoodbury, Tennessee

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