4th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry Mounted

HISTORICAL NOTES: The Kentucky 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. 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. OFFICERS: Trabue Robert P. Columbia Colonel
Hynes Andrew R. Nelson Lieutenant-Colonel
Monroe Jr. Thomas B. Franklin (Frankfort) Major
Worthington Ed S. Jefferson(Louisville) Captain And A.Q.M., Major
Theobald G.P. Owen Captain And A. Q. M.
Shaw Geo. T Jefferson (Louisville) Captain And A. C. S.
Marshall B. T Greensburg Surgeon
Scott Preston B. Franklin Surgeon--Later Brigade Surgeon
Breckinridge S. P. Jefferson (Louisville) Assistant Surgeon
Dodge Thaddeus L. Hickman Assistant Surgeon
Eckford Joseph W. (State Of) Mississippi Assistant Surgeon
Smith Alfred Nelson (Bardstown) Assistant Surgeon
Walton Rev. E. P. Kentucky Chaplain
Father Blemill -- Kentucky Chaplain
ASSIGNMENTS: Hanson's, Helm's, and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. SERVICE: Shiloh, TN - Apr. 6-7, 1862
Murfreesboro
Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Carolinas Campaign
Aiken, SC - Feb. 11, 1865
Roster:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 1790 men.

Members were recruited in the counties of Barren, Henderson, Union, Owen, Scott, Green, Jefferson, Taylor, Franklin, Estill, Nicholas, Davies, and Trigg. Bibliography for Research:

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