CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS
4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
- Overview:
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4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Bowling Green, Kentucky, in September, 1861,
and became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. Its members were recruited in the
counties of Barren, Henderson, Union, Owen, Scott, Green, Jefferson, Taylor, Franklin, Estill,
Nicholas, Davies, and Trigg. This unit had 213 men disabled at Shiloh, then was active at Baton Rouge and Jackson. Later it was assigned to
Hanson's, Helm's, and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 4th took an active part in
the Battles of Murfreesboro
and Chickamauga and saw
action in the Atlanta
Campaign. During the fall of 1864 it was mounted, aided in the defense of Savannah, and ended
the war in North Carolina. It reported 12 killed, 49 wounded, and 8 missing at Murfreesboro, lost
twenty-one percent of the 275 engaged at Chickamauga, and totalled 335 men and 251 arms in
December, 1863. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Joseph P.
Nuckols, Jr. and Robert P. Trabue; Lieutenant Colonels John A. Adair, Andrew R. Hynes, and
Thomas W. Thompson; and Majors Joseph H. Millett, Thomas B. Munroe, Jr., and John B.
Rogers.
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