PATTERSON'S INDEPENDENT COMPANY

Patterson's Independent Kentucky Company of Engineers & Mechanics was organized at Camp Haskin near Somerset KY and mustered into service on 25 Sep 1861 under the command of Captain William F. Patterson. The unit was also known as the Pioneer Corps or KY Pioneer Infantry.The regiment served unattached Army of the Ohio to March 1862. Engineers 7th Division Army of the Ohio to October 1862. Cumberland Division District of West Virginia Department of the Ohio to November 1862. 9th Division Right Wing XIII Corps (Old) Department of the Tennessee to December 1862. Unattached Sherman's Yazoo Expedition to January 1863. Unattached 9th Division XIII Corps to July 1863. Unattached XIII Corps Army of the Tennessee and Department of the Gulf to October 1863. Unattached XIII Corps Texas to July 1864. Engineer Brigade Department of the Gulf to January 1865.Patterson's Company mustered out of service at Louisville KY on January 22 1865.