Battles in Kentucky 1863

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

Jan. 26 Action, Powell County KENTUCKY--14th Cavalry (Detachment), capture of Guerilla Camp.

Feb. 18-March 5. Operations in Central Kentucky against Cluke's Forces KENTUCKY--5th and 10th Cavalry. OHIO--7th Cavalry (Battalion); 44th and 45th Mounted Infantry. Marsh's Improvised Howitzer Battery.

Feb. 22 Skirmish, Coomb's Ferry KENTUCKY--10th Cavalry.

Feb. 23 Skirmish. Athens (No Reports.)

Feb. 24 Skirmish, Stoner's Bridge KENTUCKY--10th Cavalry. OHIO---44th Mounted Infantry.

March 2 Skirmish, Slate Creek near Mount Sterling KENTUCKY--10th Cavalry. OHIO---7th Cavalry.

March 9 Skirmish. Hazel Green OHIO--44th Mounted Infantry (Detachment).

March 11 Affair, Paris Wagon Guard.

March 12 Skirmish, Louisa KENTUCKY--14th Infantry.

March 19 Skirmish, Mount Sterling OHIO--2d Cavalry.

March 19 Skirmish, Hazel Green OHIO--44th Mounted Infantry.

March 22 Action, Mount Sterling KENTUCKY--10th and 14th Cavalry (Detachments). Union loss. 4 killed, 10 wounded. Total, 14.

March 22-April 1. Operations against Pegram INDIANA--Wilder's Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--1st and 9th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--18th and 22d Infantry. OHIO---7th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--2d Cavalry.

March--. Skirmish, Madisonville INDIANA--65th Infantry (Detachment).

March 24 Skirmish, Danville INDIANA--Wilder's Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry. MICHIGAN--18th and 22d Infantry. TENNESSEE---2d Cavalry.

1863.

March 25-26 Skirmishes near Louisa KENTUCKY--14th and 39th Mounted Infantry. OHIO---McLaughlin's Squadron Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded, 4 missing. Total, 7.

March 26 Skirmish, Danville KENTUCKY--9th Cavalry (Detachment).

March 28 Skirmish, Hickman's Bridge OHIO--44th Mounted Infantry.

March 28 Action, Hickman's Heights INDIANA--Wilder's Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

March 28 Skirmish, Danville KENTUCKY--9th Cavalry (Detachment).

March 30 Action, Dutton's Hill near Somerset INDIANA--Wilder's Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry. OHIO--44th and 45th Mounted Infantry. Union loss, 10 killed, 25 wounded. Total, 35.

April 13 Action. Piketon KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

April 15 Action. Piketon KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

April 16 Skirmish, Paris INDIANA--15th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

April 19 Skirmish, Celina ILLINOIS--14th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 2.

April 19 Skirmish, Creelsborough KENTUCKY--11th and 12th Cavalry.

April 20 Skirmish, Celina INDIANA--5th Cavalry.

April 26-May 12.. Exp. to Monticello and Southeastern Kentucky ILLINOIS---112th Infantry. INDIANA--24th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--1st, 9th, 11th and 12th Cavalry; 21st and 32d Infantry. MICHIGAN--20th Infantry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry; 44th, 4

5th, 100th, 103d and 104th Infantry. TENNESSEE--2d Infantry.

April 27 Skirmish, Negro Head Cut near Woodburn's ILLINOIS--102d Infantry. OHIO--111th Infantry (Detachments). Union loss, 2 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 5.

April 27 Skirmish, Barboursville OHIO--44th Mounted Infantry.

April 28 Skirmish, Howe's Ford, Weaver's Store... KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry.

April 28-May 2 Skirmishes about Monticello ILLINOIS--112th Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--Wilder's Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--27th Infantry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry; 44th, 45th and 103d Infantry.

May --. Skirmish, Mill Springs KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry.

May 2-6 Exp. from Bowling Green to Tennessee State Line KENTUCKY--8th Cavalry (1 Co.); 11th Mounted Infantry.

May 9 Skirmish, Alcorn's Distillery, near Monticello M1CHIGAN--20th Infantry (Detachment). INDIANA--24th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. (Detachment). Union loss, 4 killed, 7 missing. Total, 11.

May 10 Action, Horse Shoe Bend, Greasy Creek KENTUCKY--12th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--20th Infantry. Union loss, 4 killed, 18 wounded, 6 missing. Total, 28.

May 10 Skirmish, Phillips' Ford, Red Bird Creek.. OHIO--44th Mounted Infantry (Detachment).

May 13 Skirmishes, Woodburn and South Union KENTUCKY--11th Mounted Infantry.

May 26-June 2 Scout, from Fort Heiman into Tennessee.. KENTUCKY--15th Cavalry (Co's "A," "D"). MINNESOTA--3d Infantry (Co's *'B," "D," "G," "H").

May 29 Skirmish, near Mill Springs KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry (Detachment). OHIO--2d Cavalry (Detachment).

June 2 Skirmish, Jamestown MASSACHUSETTS---36th Infantry. MICHIGAN--17th and 27th Infantry.

June 6 Skirmish, Waitsborough OHIO--45th Mounted Infantry (Detachment).

June 7 Skirmish near Edmonton INDIANA--5th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 20.

June 8-10 Exp. from Glasgow to Burkesville and Tennessee State Line ILLINOIS----14th Cavalry. INDIANA--5th Cavalry.

June 9 Skirmish, Kettle Creek ILLINOIS--14th Cavalry. INDIANA--5th Cavalry.

June 9 Affairs, Monticello and Rocky Gap KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry. OHIO---2d and 7th Cavalry; 45th Mounted Infantry. TENNESSEE--2d Mounted Infantry; Law's Improvised Battery Light Arty. Union loss, 7 killed, 34 wounded, 6 missing. Total, 47.

June 9 Skirmish, Steubenville OHIO--2d Cavalry.

June 9 Skirmish, West Farm OHIO--45th Mounted Infantry.

June 11 Skirmish, State Creek, near Mount Sterling. KENTUCKY--14th Cavalry (Detachment).

June 11 Affair, Scottsville KENTUCKY--11th Cavalry.

June 13 Skirmish, Howard's Mills (No Reports.)

June 13 Skirmish, Wilson's Creek KENTUCKY--Provost Guard.

June 13 Action, Mud Lick Springs KENTUCKY--14th Cavalry.

June 13-26 Operations against Everett's Raid in Eastern Kentucky KENTUCKY--10th and 14th Cavalry (Detachments). MICHIGAN--8th and 9th Cavalry; Battery "L" 1st Light Arty.

June 16 Skirmish, Maysville KENTUCKY--Home Guard.

June 16 Skirmish, Mount Carmel KENTUCKY--Home Guard.

June 16 Skirmish, Fox Springs KENTUCKY--Home Guard.

June 16 Action, Triplett's Bridge, Flemming County KENTUCKY--10th and 14th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--8th and 9th Cavalry; Battery "L" 1st Light Arty. TENESSEE-Battery "B" Light Arty. Union loss, 15 killed, 30 wounded. Total, 45.

June 27 Skirmish, Beaver Creek, Floyd County KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

June 28 Skirmish, Russellville KENTUCKY--3d Cavalry.

June 29 Skirmish, Columbia KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry.

June 29 Skirmish, Creelsborough. KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry.

July 1 Skirmish, Christianburg (No Reports.)

July 2-26 Operations against Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio ILLINOIS--14th Cavalry; Elgin and Henshaw's Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 107th Infantry. INDIANA--5th Cavalry; 22d and 24th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 63d, 80th and 91st Infantry

. KENTUCKY--1st, 3d, 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th Cavalry; 13th, 16th and 20th Infantry. MICHIGAN--8th and 9th Cavalry; Battery "L" 1st Light Arty.; 23d and 25th Infantry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 12th, 23d, 45th, 86th, 91st an

d 111th Infantry. TENNESSEE--2d East Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry. UNITED STATES---4th Cavalry. Union loss, 19 killed, 47 wounded, 8 missing. Total, 74.

July 2 Skirmish, Coal Run KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

July 2 Skirmish. Marrowbone, Burkesville INDIANA--24th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--1st and 9th Cavalry. Union loss, 5 killed, 15 wounded. Total, 20.

July 3 Skirmish, Columbia KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry. OHIO--2d Cavalry; 45th Mounted Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 3 wounded, 6 missing. Total, 11.

1862.

July 3-11 Exp. from Beaver Creek into S. W. Virginia ILLINOIS--Battery "M" 2d Light Arty.; 65th Infantry (Pound Gap Expedition) (6 Co's). KENTUCKY--10th Cavalry (2d Battalion); 14th (1 Co. Mounted) and 39th Mounted Infantry. OHIO---McLaughlin's Squadron C

avalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 22 wounded, 6 missing. Total, 29.

July 4 Affair, Rocky Hill Station Burning Depot.

July 4 Skirmish, University Place KENTUCKY--6th Cavalry.

July 4 Engagement, Green River Bridge, Tebb's Bend MICHIGAN--25th Infantry (5 Co's). Union loss, 6 killed, 23 wounded. Total, 29.

July 5 Skirmish, Bardstown UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 25.

July 5 Skirmish, Woodburn KENTUCKY--26th Infantry.

July 5 Skirmish, Franklin (No Reports.)

July 5. Skirmish, Lebanon KENTUCKY--20th Infantry. MICHIGAN--9th Cavalry, and unorganized Detachments of Recruits, etc. Union loss, 3 killed, 16 wounded, 360 missing. Total, 379.

July 6 Skirmish, Pond Creek, Union County ILLINOIS--65th Infantry (Detachment). KENTUCKY-- 39th Mounted Infantry (Detachment).

July 7 Skirmish, Cummings' Ferry (No Reports.)

July 7. Skirmish, Shepherdsville INDIANA--63d Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "F" 1st Light Arty. Loss, 5 missing.

July 8 Skirmish, Cummings' Ferry MICHIGAN--9th Cavalry (Detachment).

July 9 Skirmish, Brandenburg INDIANA--Home Guard. Union loss, 2 killed, 2 wounded, 45 missing. Total, 49.

July 10 Skirmish, Martin's Creek KENTUCKY--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

July 15-16 Occupation of Hickman ILLINOIS---18th Infantry (Co. "K"). MISSOURI--4th Cavalry (Detachment). UNITED STATES---Ram "Monarch."

July 22-27 Exp. from Clinton, in pursuit of Biffles, ILLINOIS---2d Cavalry. KENTUCKY--15th Cavalry.

Forrest's and Newsome's Cavalry MISSOURI--4th Cavalry. UNITED STATES---3d Cavalry.

July 25 Skirmish near New Hope Station OHIO---12th Cavalry (Detachment). Loss, 1 wounded.

July 25-Aug. 6 Operations in Eastern Kentucky against Scott ILLINOIS---112th Infantry. KENTUCKY--1st, 10th and 14th Cavalry (Detachments). MICHIGAN--8th and 9th Cavalry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry; 45th Infantry. TENNESSEE--5th East Cavalry; Battery "B"

Light Arty.; 1st and 2d East Infantry.

July 25 Skirmish, Williamsburg OHIO--44th Mounted Infantry (Detachment).

July 26 Skirmish, London OHIO---44th Mounted Infantry.

July 27 Skirmish, Richmond and Manchester Cross Roads OHIO---44th Mounted Infantry.

July 27 Skirmish near Rogersville OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry (Detachments).

July 28 Action, Richmond ILLINOIS---112th Infantry. KENTUCKY--10th Cavalry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry.

July 29 Action, Paris ILLINOIS---118th Infantry (Detachment). Henshaw's Indpt. Battery Light Arty. (Section). INDIANA--15th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. (Section). MICHIGAN--23d Infantry.

July 29 Skirmish, Winchester Picket attack.

July 30 Skirmish, Irvine, Estill County KENTUCKY--14th Cavalry. Union loss, 4 killed, 5 wounded, 10 missing. Total, 19.

July 31 Skirmish, Stanford KENTUCKY--32d Infantry.

July 31 Skirmish, Lancaster KENTUCKY--1st, 10th and 14th Cavalry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--8th and 9th Cavalry.

July 31 Skirmish, Paint Lick Bridge KENTUCKY--1st, 10th and 14th Cavalry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--8th and 9th Cavalry.

Aug. 1 Skirmish, Smith's Shoals, Cumberland River KENTUCKY--1st and 10th Cavalry.

Aug. 1 Exp. from Columbus to Hickman IOWA--4th Cavalry (1 Co.); 32d Infantry (Co's "B" "I")

Aug.1 Skirmish, Paris ILLINOIS---Henshaw's Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

Aug. 1 Skirmish, Lancaster KENTUCKY--1st, 10th and 14th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--8th and 9th Cavalry. OHIO--2d and 7th Cavalry.

Aug. 18 Skirmish near Crab Orchard (No Reports.)

Aug. 18 Skirmish near Albany (No Reports.)

Aug. 27 Skirmish, Clark's Neck KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

Aug. 27 Skirmish, Carter County KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

Sept. 1-10 Exp. from Paducah to Conyersville, Tenn.. ILLINOIS---111th Infantry (4 Co.'s.).

Sept. 10 Skirmish, Brimstone Creek KENTUCKY--1st Mounted Infantry.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Greenville OHIO--2d Cavalry.

Sept. 20-30 Exp. from Paducah to McLemoresville, Tenn ILLINOIS--101st (Detachment) and 111th Infantry. KENTUCKY--15th Cavalry. MISSOURI--4th Cavalry.

Sept. 22 Skirmish, Marrowbone Creek KENTUCKY--39th Mounted Infantry.

Oct. 6 Action, Glasgow KENTUCKY--37th Mounted Infantry. Union loss, 3 wounded, 100 missing. Total, 103.

Oct. 6 Skirmish, Morgan County OHIO--5th Indpt. Battalion Cavalry.

Oct. 8-11 Reconn. from Olympian Springs INDIANA--6th Cavalry (Detachment).

Oct. 10 Skirmish, Saylersville KENTUCKY--14th Infantry.

Oct. 12 Skirmish, West Liberty. OHIO--5th Indpt. Battalion Cavalry.

Oct. 22 Skirmish near Volney KENTUCKY--3d Cavalry; 36th Infantry. NEW HAMPSHIRE---6th Infantry (Detachment). Loss, 1 wounded.

Oct. 30 Skirmish, Saylersville KENTUCKY--14th Infantry.

Nov. 26 Skirmish, Cumberland River KENTUCKY--13th Cavalry (Detachment).

Nov. 27 Skirmish near LaFayette KENTUCKY--3d Cavalry (Detachment).

Nov. 27 Skirmish, Monticello (No Reports.)

Nov. 30 Skirmish, Saylersville KENTUCKY--14th and 35th Infantry.

Dec. 1 Skirmish, Saylersville KENTUCKY--14th Infantry, Pickets.

Dec. 1-10 Affair at Jackson Picket Attack.

Dec. 3 Skirmish, Greeneville KENTUCKY--35th Infantry.

Dec. 5-10 Scouts from Columbus (No Reports.)

Dec. 7 Skirmish, Creelsborough KENTUCKY--13th Cavalry.

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

Dec. 10 Affair, Mount Sterling KENTUCKY--40th Infantry. Picket attack.

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

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