The 15th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 15th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at New Haven, Kentucky, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 14, 1861, under the command of Colonel Curran Pope.
The regiment was attached to 16th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 17th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to April 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps, to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to November 1863. Post of Chattanooga to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to November 1864.
The 15th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on January 14, 1865.
Duty at New Haven and Bacon Creek, Ky., until February 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., February 10âÂÂ15. Occupation of Bowling Green February 15âÂÂ22. Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 22âÂÂ25. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 17âÂÂ19. Occupation of Shelbyville, Fayetteville, and advance on Huntsville, Ala., March 18-April 11. Capture of Huntsville April 11. Advance on Decatur, Ala., April 11âÂÂ14. Action at West Bridge, near Bridgeport, Ala., April 29. At Huntsville until August. Guntersville and Law's Landing July 28. Old Deposit Ferry July 29, March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 27-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1âÂÂ15. Battle of Perryville October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Bacon Creek, near Munfordville, Ky., December 26 (detachment). Advance on Murfreesboro December 26âÂÂ30. Battle of Stones River December 30âÂÂ31, 1862 and January 1âÂÂ3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June 1863. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24âÂÂ26. Occupation of Tullahoma July 1. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Steven's Gap September 6. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19âÂÂ21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23âÂÂ27. Missionary Ridge November 25. In reserve, post duty at Chattanooga, until April 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8âÂÂ11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8âÂÂ9. Battle of Resaca May 14âÂÂ15. Advance on Dallas May 18âÂÂ25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11âÂÂ14. Lost Mountain June 15âÂÂ17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6âÂÂ17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Battle of Peachtree Creek July 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25âÂÂ30. Red Oak August 29. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2âÂÂ6. Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood October 1âÂÂ26. Duty at Chattanooga, and Bridgeport, Ala., until December. Ordered to Louisville, Ky..
The regiment lost a total of 251 men during service; 9 officers and 128 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 113 enlisted men died of disease.