32nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry

32nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Active	August 1862 to August 12, 1863
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Perryville

The 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 32nd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Frankfort and Camp Burnside, Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment in August 1862 under the command of Colonel Thomas Z. Morrow. Only eight of ten companies were filled; Companies I and K were never organized.

The regiment was attached to District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August 1863.

The 32nd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service beginning on May 28, 1863 and ending on August 12, 1863.

Detailed service

Engaged in guard and scouting duty at various points in District of Western Kentucky, principally at Hopkinsville, Camp Burnside, Danville, Lexington, Somerset, Stanford, and Lebanon. A part of the regiment participated in the defense of Kentucky against Bragg's invasion and subsequent pursuit, being present at the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862, with Garrard's Detachment. Mustered out May 28 to August 12, 1863.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 43 men during service; 1 officer and 42 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

Colonel Thomas Z. Morrow

References

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Speed, Thomas; Alfred Pirtle, Robert Morrow Kelly (1897). The Union Regiments of Kentucky. Courier-journal job Print. Co. Retrieved 2009-09-04.

Attribution

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

Alphabetical roster of the 32nd Kentucky taken from Thomas Speed's Union Regiments of Kentucky

Kentucky in the American Civil War

Pre-War	History of slavery in Kentucky Calvin Fairbank

1861	Confederate government of Kentucky Battle of Barbourville Battle of Camp Wildcat Battle of Ivy Mountain Battle of Rowlett's Station Battle of Sacramento

1862	Battle of Middle Creek Battle of Lucas Bend Battle of Mill Springs Battle of Richmond Battle of Munfordville Battle of Perryville Battle of New Haven General Order No. 11

1863	Battle of Somerset Morgan's Raid Battle of Tebbs Bend Battle of Lebanon Battle of Cumberland Gap Camp Nelson

1864	Battle of Paducah Battle of Salyersville Battle of Mount Sterling Battle of Cynthiana American Civil War fortifications in Louisville

Post-War	Monuments Cave Hill Cemetery Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

See also Timeline Lexington Louisville

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