UNION KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS

16th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry

OVERVIEW: Organized at Camp Kenton in fall of 1861 and mustered in January 27, 1862. Attached to 18th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to March, 1862. Unattached, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. District of West Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865.

SERVICE:Nelson's Expedition into Eastern Kentucky November, 1861. Action at Ivy Mountain November 8. Piketon November 8-9. Returned to Camp Kenton and duty there and near Maysville, Ky., till March 2, 1862. Moved to Piketon March 2 and duty there till June 13. Moved to Prestonburg June 13, thence to Louisa July 15, and duty there till August. Moved to Covington, Louisville and Bowling Green, Ky., August. Duty there, at Shepherdsville, West Point and Munfordsville till December. Operations again Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Duty at Lebanon, Munfordsville and Glasgow, Ky., till August, 1863. Operatioans against Morgan July 2-26. Burnside's march over Cumberland Mountains and Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. At Loudon September 4 to November 14. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Kingston November 7. Lenoir November 14-15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Near Kingston November 24-December 4. Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. (Regiment re-enlisted at Mossy Creek December 27, 1863.) Moved to Kentucky January, 1864, and Veterans on furlough February and March. Ordered to Camp Nelson, Ky., April 16; thence march to Knoxville, Tenn., and to Red Clay, Ga., and joined Sherman. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cartersville May 20. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vince Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 11-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Creek June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. Moved to Nashville, thence to Pulaski, Tenn. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 15, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Smithville, N.C., January 15-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 12-14. Near Smithville February 16. Fort Anderson Feburay 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Eagle Island February 21. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro, N.C., March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Greensburg, N.C., till July. Mustered out July 15, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 50 Enlisted men killed and mortally and 5 Officers and 131 Enlisted Men by disease. Total 188.
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Birth
1822
Brown Co, Ohio
1 source citation
Residence
1834
Age: 12
Mason Co, Kentucky
Marriage to Mary Ann Douglass
1846
5 Nov
Age: 24
Adams Co, Ohio
1 source citation
Census
1850
25 Sep
Age: 28
Mason Co, Kentucky (Mc Kinnie)
Census
1860
27 Jun
Age: 38
Orangeburg, Mason Co, Kentucky (MC Kinnie)
Military
1861
14 Oct
Age: 39
Camp Kenton
1 source citation
Military
1864
1 Jan
Age: 42
Co I 16 KY INF, Louisville, Kentucky (Pvt.)
1 source citation
Residence
1865
Age: 43
Mason Co, Ky Worked for Isaac Whaly and Samuel Johnson
Emigration
1867
Abt.
Age: 45
Illinois
Census
1870
Age: 48
Liverpool Twp, Fulton Co, Illinois
Residence
1871
Age: 49
Kansas
Residence
1876
8 May
Age: 54
Bryant, Fulton Co, Illinois
Residence
1881
Age: 59
Lewistown, Fulton Co, Illinois
Death
1900
17 May
Age: 78
Abingdon, Indian Point Twp, Knox Co, Illinois
died at the home of his daughter, Alice Boyerheart disease,hardening of arteries, kidney disease
1 source citation
Residence
1900
May
Age: 78
near Abingdon, Illinois
Burial
Wright Cemetery, Lewistown, Fulton Co, Illinois
3 source citations
Height
6 ft. 2 in.
1 source citation
Medical
Required constant attention of another person, due to disabilities because of rheumatism & heart disease. Feet & legs swelled, could not feed himself or dress.
1 source citation
Occupation
Farmer
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Mary Ann Douglass-Wife
Birth 01 Mar 1821 in Kentucky
Death 09 Oct 1881 in Lewistown Twp, Fulton Co, Illinois

Children


Sarah Ellen McKinney
1848 – 1907
Mary Alice McKinney
1850 – 1911
Charles Edward McKinney
1853 – 1925

Charles McKinney-Father
Birth 1770 in Scotland
Death Bef. Sep 1850 in Mason Co, Kentucky