Nineteenth Infantry
KENTUCKY
(3-YEARS)
Nineteenth Infantry. -- Col., William J. Landram; Lieut.-Col., John Cowan, Majs., John R. Duncan, Morgan V. Evans, Josiah J. Mann.

This regiment was recruited and organized at Harrodsburg, Ky., in the fall of 1861, by Col. Landram and Lieut.-Col. Cowan, and was mustered into the U. S. service Jan. 2, 1862, by Capt. H. C. Bankhead. At the termination of the Cumberland Gap campaign, in which it participated it marched by way of Louisville, Ky., to Memphis, Tenn., and formed part of Gen. Sherman's army which moved on Vicksburg via Chickasaw bayou.

It participated in the battle of Chickasaw bluffs and acquitted itself with credit. It then proceeded to Arkansas Post and participated in the battle which resulted in the capture of that place. It returned from Arkansas Post to Young's point, La., where it remained for some time.

On April 15 it marched down the west bank of the Mississippi river, crossed to the rear of Vicksburg and took part in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Black River bridge and the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson. In the assault on Vicksburg, May 22, the regiment lost about 60 in killed and wounded.

After the siege of Jackson the regiment, with the 13th army corps, was transferred to the Department of the Gulf and was with Gen. Banks on the unfortunate Red River campaign. In the battle of Sabine cross-roads the regiment repelled five distinct charges before the enemy was enabled to break through its lines, and the corps commander, Gen. Ransom, says: "They all did nobly, and their list of killed and wounded bears evidence of the obstinacy with which they resisted the overwhelming force of the enemy.".

After the failure of the expedition it returned to Baton Rouge, La., where it remained until ordered to Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered out Jan. 26, 1865, the veterans and recruits being transferred to the 7th KY veteran infantry.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 331