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Kentucky 20th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

6/01/62

Organized - Kentucky 20th Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky

6/04/62

Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee

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Shiloh

On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck the encamped divisions of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.READ MORE

29/04/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Mahlon D. Manson, and Colonel Thomas D. Sedgewick until 30 May

29/04/62

Leadership Change - Division - Major General William "Bull" Nelson

29/04/62

Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi

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Siege of Corinth

Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Cruft

Brigadier GeneralCharles Cruft

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Division - undefined 27 guns k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0, undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran, Brigadier General William Sooy Smith, and undefined Escort:

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Division - undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran

8/10/62

Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky

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Perryville

On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE

25/05/64

Battle - New Hope Church - Paulding County, Georgia

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New Hope Church

During early May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman successfully outmaneuvered the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston fell back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. After Johnston retreated to Allatoona Pass on May 19-20th following the battle at Adairsville, Sherman determined to move around Johnston's left flank rather than attack the strong Confederate defenses in his front. On May 23rd, Sherman set in…READ MORE

27/05/64

Battle - Dallas - Paulding County, Georgia

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Dallas

During early and mid-May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman successfully outmaneuvered the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston fell back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. Stopped at New Hope Church on Johnston's left on May 26th, Sherman attacked Johnston's right at Pickett's Mill on May 27th. The next day, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps probed the Union defensive line, held by Maj. Gen. John A. Log…READ MORE

6/06/64

Battle - Marietta - Cobb County, Georgia

10/06/64

Battle - Pine Mountain, Georgia

27/06/64

Battle - Kennesaw Mountain - Cobb County, Georgia

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Kennesaw Mountain

Fearing envelopment northwest of Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army to a new defensive position astride Kennesaw Mountain near Marietta. Johnston selected this position in order to protect the Western & Atlantic Railroad, his supply link to Atlanta. Prior to taking up this new line on June 19th, Johnston had pioneers working through the night digging trenches and erecting fortifications, turning Kennesaw into a formidable earthen fortress. Having defeated Lieut. Gen. John…READ MORE

22/07/64

Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia

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Atlanta

Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE

31/08/64

Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia

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Jonesborough

By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE

5/10/64

Battle - Allatoona - Bartow County, Georgia

17/01/65

Mustered Out - Kentucky 20th Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky

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