Eighteenth Kentucky Infantry (3 years) - Col. William A. Warner, Lt. Col. John J. Landrum, and Hubbard K. Milward; Majors Frederick G. Bracht, Abram G. Wileman, John W. Robbins, John J. Hall.

This regiment was mustered into the U. S. service 8 February 1862. On 16 June a detachment under command of Lt. Col. Landrum participated in the defense of Cythiana, Ky., against John H. Morgan, where it sustained a loss of 2 killed.

In August the regiment participated in the battle of Richmond, losing 52 killed, 115 wounded and almost the entire remainder of the command captured and paroled. On 2 February 1863, the remnant of the regiment left Louisville by boat for Nashville, Tenn., where, upon its arrival, it was assigned to the brigade of Brig-Gen. Crook.

On 23 June it moved with the Army of the Cumberland and took part in the engagment at Hoover's Gap, losing 2 killed and 3 wounded. It participated in the battle of Chickamauga, where it lost 8 killed, 40 wounded and 38 prisoners. From 5 October to 23 November it was on special duty, holding the line of the river near Chattanooga at a point known as "The Narrows" and at Brown's Ferry, on which duty it lost 1 killed and 5 captured.

On 5 January 1864, of 300 men present, 272 reenlisted as veterans and command was ordered to Louisville, Ky., by rail to receive veteran furlough. On 1 February it received a 30 days furlough at Louisville, at the expiration of which it rendezvoused at Paris, Ky. and on 12 March started by rail for Nashville, Tenn., whence it marched on the 22nd to Ringgold, Ga., a distance of 200 miles, to join the main army. There it had several skirmishes, in one of which Capt. J. B. Heltemus was capured.

On 25 September it left Ringgold, by rail, for Atlanta, and on 3 October it marched from Atlanta northward in pursuit of Hen. Hood, to Gaylesville, Ala., a distance of 150 miles. On 29 October it broke camp at Gaylesville, and after halting at Rome to be paid off marched to Atlanta, which place was reached on 14 November.

It participated in the "March to the Sea", and on 5 February 1865, it crossed the river into South Carolina. The march from that point to Goldsboro, North Carolina was terrible, through mud and mire, over wide swamps and deep rivers, and the comforts of life accessible only under difficulties. On 12 April the regiment was engaged, sustaining a loss of 2 killed and 2 wounded, and on the 13 they entered Raleigh. On the 29th it started homeward and reached Washington, D. C. (a distance of 360 miles), on 19 May.

It remained at Washington nearly a month and was in the grand review. The regiment was mustered out at Louisville 18 July 1865.

SCOURCE: Historical Data Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 35, Duxbury, MA 02331. They used as their scource: The Union Army, Vol. 4, pg. 330.