 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - 2nd Kentucky Infantry yakarongwa muna August 1861, paCamp Boone muMontgomery County, Tennessee, uye yakava chikamu cheOrphan Brigade. Varume vacho vakanyoreswa kubva kumatunhu eHickman, Fayette, Bullitt, Jefferson, Graves, Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Owen, Bourbon, uye Anderson. Muna Gumiguru wegore rimwe chetero, chikwata chacho chaiva nevarume 832 uye, muHondo yeFort Donelson, simba rayo revanhu 618 rakabatwa. Pashure pokuchinjaniswa, hurumende yakadzorerwa yakaona chiito muHondo yeShiro. Gare gare rakapiwa Boka raHanson, raHelm, uye raJ.H. Lewis. 2nd Kentucky Infantry yakabatanidzwa muhondo dzeMurfreesborouye Chickamauga. Yakashuma 13 vakaurawa, 70 vakakuvadzwa, uye 21 vakashaika paMurfreesboro, vakarasikirwa makumi mashanu nemaviri muzana ye302 vakapinda muChickamauga, uye vakabatanidza varume 293 nezvombo 214 muna December 1863. 