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Indiana:

(Part II: 51st Infantry – Richardson's Independent Company)

 

 

51st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Col Abel D. *Streight; 1stLt Alva C. *Roach (Co. D); Sergeant Major William R. *Hartpence (Co. F&S, Pvt. Co. C)

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 14, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 14; thence to Bardstown, Ky., and duty there till February, 1862. Attached to 20th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Bri­gade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. Streight's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, to May, 1863. Prisoners of war till December, 1863. Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to No­vember, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to December, 1865.

 

Service:

March to Nashville, Tenn., February 7 - March 13, 1862, and to Savannah, Tenn., March 29 - April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29 - May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Guarding Memphis & Charleston Railroad. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22 - November 7, and duty there till December 26. Prim's Blacksmith Shop, Edmonson Pike, December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Mur­freesboro till April. Reconnoissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13-15. Streight's Raid to Rome, Ga., April 26 - May 3. Dug Gap, Sand Mountain, Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain April 30. East Branch Black Warrior Creek May 1. Blount's Farm and near Centre May 2. Galesville (Cedar Bluff) May 3. Regiment captured. Exchanged November, 1863. Reorganized at Indianapolis, Ind., and rejoined army at Nashville, Tenn., December, 1863. (A detachment on Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7.) Assigned to duty as guard on Railroad, between Nashville and Chattanooga, till April, 1864. Duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., till September, 1864, and at Atlanta, Ga., till October. Action at Dalton, Ga., August 14-15. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign No­vember-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Columbia December 21. Duck River December 22. Non-Veterans mustered out December 14, 1864. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15 - April 22. At Nashville till June. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 16; thence to Texas, July. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till De­cember. Mustered out at San Antonio December 13, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 202 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 264.

 

Von 4.9.1861 bis Januar 1863 war Col. Abel *Streight Regimentskommandeur ( Willett: Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama, a.a.O., S. 11, 18). Das Regiment gehörte zur Lightning Mule Brigade by Abel Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama ( Willett, The Lightning Mule Brigade. Abel Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama, a.a.O., S. 30)

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Hartpence, William R.: History of the Fifty-First Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry: A Narrative of its Marches, Battles, and Other Experiences in Camp and Prison, from 1861 to 1866 (Cincinnati, Ohio: Author, 1894)

- **Roach, A. C.: The Prisoner of War and How Treated (Indianapolis: Robert Douglas Publisher, 1887): Roach war Officer in 51th In­diana Infantry und berichtet neben seiner Gefangenschaft auch über die Teilnahme Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama

- Scribner, Theodore T.: Indiana's Roll of Honor. vol II. Indianapolis: A. D. Streight, Publishers, 1866

- Willett, a.a.O.

 

 

52nd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Col Walter Q. *Gresham

 

Overview:

Organized at Rushville and Indianapolis, Ind., February 1, 1862. Left State for Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 7. Attached to 1st Bri­gade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1862. Garrison Forts Henry and Donelson, Tenn., to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. Garrison Fort Pillow, Tenn., to November, 1862. District of Columbus, Ky., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.

 

Service:

Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16, 1862. Garrison at Forts Henry and Heiman till April 18. Action at Paris March 11 (Detachment). Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 18. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, LaGrange and Holly Springs, June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis till September. Action near Memphis September 2. Durhamsville September 17. Garrison duty at Fort Pillow, Tenn., and operations against guerillas in Tennessee and Arkansas September 30, 1862, to January 18, 1864. Expedition to Jackson September 19-25, 1863 (Detachment). Expedition to Covington, Durhamsville and Fort Randolph September 28-October 5, 1863. Scout from Fort Pillow November 21-22. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., January 18, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Clinton February 5. Meridian February 14-15. Veterans absent on furlough March and April. Left Vicksburg March 4, arriving home March 17. Left for field April 23. Reached Columbus, Ky., April 26. Moved to Morganza, La., thence to Vicksburg, Miss. Non-Veterans temporarily attached to 89th Indiana In­fantry. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Bayou Rapides March 21. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. Cane River Crossing April 23. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Moore's Plantation May 3. Bayou LeMourie May 6. Retreat to Mor­ganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 20-June 10. Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6-7. Colliersville, Tenn., June 23. Near Lafayetteville June 23. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo July 5-21. About Pontotoc July 11-12. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Old Town (or Tishamingo) Creek July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price September 26-November 19. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 26-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-23. Duty at Clifton, Tenn., and Eastport, Miss., till February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans February 6-17. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupati­on of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, and duty there till July 14. At Tuskeegee till August 28. Mustered out Sep­tember 10, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 175 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 205.

 

 

53rd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., February 19 to March 6, 1862. Guard prisoners at Indianapolis till March 15. Orde­red to Savannah, Tenn., March 15. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Di­vision, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Briga­de. 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Di­vision, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, LaGrange and Holly Springs, June 1-July 21, and duty there till September 6. March to Jackson and Bolivar, Tenn., September 6-14. Battle of Metamora, Hatchie River, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Colliersville and Memphis till April. Ordered to Young's Point, La., thence to Grand Gulf, Miss., and duty the­re till June 12. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 15-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Reconn­oissance to Pearl River July 15. Duty at Vicksburg till August 15. Ordered to Natchez, Miss., August 15, and duty there till No­vember 24. Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8. Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., November 24, and duty there till February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to Bird's Point, Mo., April 28; thence to Clifton, Tenn., and march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and De­catur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 9. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 9-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kene­saw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Turner's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jo­nesboro August 25-31. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Shadow Church and Westbrook's, near Fairburn, October 1-3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Ball's Ferry and Georgia Central Railroad Bridge, Peones River, November 23-25. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5. Rivers Bridge, Salkehatchie River, February 3. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Ad­vance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there muste­red out July 21, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 248 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 359.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Haas, Garland A.: To the Mountain of Fire and beyond: The 53rd Indiana Regiment from Corinth to Glory (Guild Press, 300 pp, 1st Edition, Photos, Maps) Takes this unit from formation at Camp Morton through Shiloh, the siege of Vicksburg, service in Memphis, Atlanta and the Grand Review

 

 

54th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., May 30 to June 10, 1862. Duty at Camp Morton, Ind., guarding prisoners till August 17. Ordered to Kentucky August 17 to repel threatened invasion by Kirby Smith, and duty in Central Kentucky till September. Skirmish at She­pherdsville, Ky., September 7 (Co. C). Mustered out October 4, 1862.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost 2 by disease during service.

 

 

54th Regiment Indiana Infantry (1 Year):

 

Overview:

Regiment organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in November 16, 1862. Left State for Memphis, Tenn., December 9, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1863.

 

Service:

Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 15. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 8. Operations from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage March 31 - April 17. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Garrison at Raymond and escorting prisoners to Yazoo River May 12 to June 3. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 3 - July 4. Advance on Jack­son, Miss., July 4-10. Near Clinton July 8. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to New Orleans August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Bras­hear City and Berwick till October. Western Louisiana Campaign, October 3 - November 30. Moved to New Orleans December 1. Mustered out December 8, 1863.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 44 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 222 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 270.

 

 

55th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., for three months June 16, 1862. Duty at Camp Morton, Ind., guarding prisoners till August. Operati­ons against Morgan July 4-28. Ordered to Kentucky, August, and attached to Manson's Brigade, Army of Kentucky, District of Cen­tral Kentucky. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 30. Mostly captured. Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind. Mustered out September 6 to October 23, 1862.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost while in service 1 Officer and 9 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Enlisted men by disease. Total 13.

 

 

56th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Pvt John A. *Chopat (Co. F&D)

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization and Regiment merged into 52nd Indiana Infantry January 20, 1862.

 

 

57th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Richmond, Ind., and mustered in November 18, 1861. At Indianapolis, Ind., till December 23. Left State for Kentucky December 23, and duty at Bardstown and Lebanon, Ky., till February, 1862. Attached to 21st Brigade, Army of the Ohio, January, 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to December, 1865.

 

Service:

March through Central Kentucky to Nashville, Tenn., February 10 - March 13, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 21 - April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29 - May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee, along Memphis & Charleston Railroad June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22 - November 7, and duty there till December 26. Near Nashville December 11. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Mur­freesboro till June. Reconnoissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13-15. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23 - July 7. Camp near Pelham till August 17. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Cam­paign August 17 - September 22. Occupation of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 9, and garrison duty there during Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 22 - November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24, Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8. Operations in East Tennessee till April, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resa­ca May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 10-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - Sep­tember 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 - November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15 - April 22. At Nashville till June. Ordered to New Or­leans, La., June 16; thence to Texas July. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till December. Mustered out December 14, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 97 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 275.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Cavins, Aden G.: War Letters of Aden G. Cavins Written to His Wife (Evansville: Ind.: N.p., d.d.)

 

 

58th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Col George P. *Buell, Chaplain John J. *Hight; Assistant Surgeon James Comfort *Patten (Co. F&S)

 

Overview:

Organized at Princeton and Indianapolis, Ind., November 12 to December 22, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky December 29, and duty at Bardstown and Lebanon, Ky., till February, 1862. Attached to 21st Brigade, Army of the Ohio, January, 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Divi­sion, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Bri­gade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 21st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unattached Pontooneers, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, till July, 1865.

 

Service:

March through Central Kentucky to Nashville, Tenn., February 10 - March 1, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18 - April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29 - May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee along line of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad June to August. Little Pond, near McMinnville, August 30. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 30 - September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22 - November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23 - July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Expedition from Tracy City to the Tennessee River August 22-24 (Detachment). Occupation of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 9. Near Lee and Gordon's Mills September 17-18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - No­vember 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pur­suit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28 - December 8. Operations in East Tennessee till April, 1864. Reenlisted January 24, 1864. Assigned to duty in charge of the Pontoon Trains of General Sherman's Army April, 1864, and performed all the bridging from Chattanooga to Atlanta, from Atlanta to the sea, and in the Campaign through the Caroli­nas. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. About Dallas May 25 - June 5. About Marietta and Kenesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October. March to the sea November 15 - December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Non-Veterans mustered out December 31, 1864. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 - May 20., Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 25, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 60 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 192 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 258.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Hight, John J.: History of the Fifty-eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Princeton / Indiana: Press of the Clarion, 1895)

 

 

59th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. LtCol Jefferson K. *Scott; Captain Aden G. *Cavins (Co. E); 1stLt (Co. A) und Adjutant (Co. F&S) James W. *Archer

 

Overview:

Organized at Gosport and Indianapolis, Ind., February 11, 1862. Moved to Commerce, Mo., February 18-22, the first Regiment to re­port to General Pope for duty with the Army of Mississippi. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Siege operations against New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek till August 6, and at Jacinto till September 18. March to Iuka, Miss., September 18-20. Battle of Corinth October 3-4, Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnoissance from LaGrange No­vember 8-9, 1862. Duty at Memphis January 12 to February 24, 1863. Yazoo Pass Expedition by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Cold­water and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 13. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty there till September 13. Movement to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 13-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty at Bridgeport and Huntsville, Ala., December 18, 1863, to June 22, 1864. Reenlisted January 1, 1864. Guard Bridge at Etowah River July 13-August 26. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., August 26. Pursuit of Wheeler August 27-31. Duty at Chattanooga till September 21, and at Etowah River till November 12. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamp, S.C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17, Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 36 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 229 Enlisted men by disease. Total 266.

 

Medal of Honor:

Lt/Adjutant James W. *Archer; Archer received the Medal of Honor on 25.8.1897 for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth on 3.-4.10.1862, where he voluntarily took command of another regiment, with the consent of one or more of his seniors, who were present, rallied the command, and led it in the assault ( National Park Soldiers, Medal of Honor, Stichwort James W. Archer).

 

Urkunden/Documents/Literature:

- Cavins, Aden G.: War Letters of Aden G. Cavins. Written to his Wife (Evansville, Ind.: N.p., n.d.)

 

 

60th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. LtCol John J. Key

 

Overview:

Organized at Evansville and Indianapolis, Ind., February 19 to March 21, 1862. Duty at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., guarding prisoners February 22 to June 20, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., June 20; thence moved to Munfordsville, Ky., and duty there till September. Attached to Garrison of Munfordsville, Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to September, 1862. Reorganizing Indianapolis, Ind., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Ten­nessee, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. District of Southern Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Reser­ve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, February, 1865.

 

Service:

Siege of Munfordsville, Ky., September 14-17, 1862. Seven Companies captured September 17, paroled and ordered to Indianapolis, Ind. Three Companies which escaped capture being detached guarding Railroad Bridge over Rolling Fork, near Lebanon; also orde­red to Indianapolis. Regiment reorganizing at Indianapolis to November. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there till December 20. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition from Milliken's Bend, La., to Dallas Station and Delphi December 25-26. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., Ja­nuary 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17. Ex­pedition to Greenville, Miss., and Cypress Bend, Ark., February 14-29. Duty at Young's Point and Milliken's Bend till April. Move­ment on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18 - July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to New Orleans, La., August 24. Expedition to New and Amite Rivers September 24-29. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30. Action at Grand Coteau November 3. Moved to Algiers December 13, thence to Texas December 18. Duty at Du Crow's Point and Pass Cavallo till March, 1864. Moved to Algiers, La., thence to Alexandria, La. Red River Campaign April 26 - May 20. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Duty at Thibodeaux till November, and at Algiers till February 24, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 26th Indiana Infantry February 24. Regiment mustered out March 11, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 43 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 165 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 213.

 

 

61st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Sergeant Hiram Belengea (Co. K&I)

 

Failed to complete organization and enlisted men transferred to 35th Indiana Infantry May 22, 1862.

 

 

62nd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

Failed to complete organization and enlisted men transferred to 53rd Indiana Infantry February 26, 1862.

 

 

63rd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Lafayette, Ind., as a Battalion of 4 Companies A, B, C, D, February 21, 1862. Duty as prison guard at Lafayette and at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., till May. Left State for Washington, D.C., May 27. Attached to Piatt's Brigade, Sturgis' Command, Defences of Washington, to August, 1862. Piatt's Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.

 

Service:

Duty in the defences of Washington, D. C., till August, 1862. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16 - September 2. Orde­red to Indianapolis, Ind., October 3. Completing organization of Regiment and prison guard at Camp Morton and Indianapolis till December 25, 1862. Ordered to Shepherdsville, Ky., December 25, and guard duty along Louisville & Nashville Railroad till January 16, 1864. Operations against Morgan July 2, 1863. Cummings Ferry July 8. Attached to Railroad Guard, District of Western Ken­tucky, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. Unattached, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1863. New Haven, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. District South Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District Southwest Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to June, 1865.

 

Service:

At Camp Nelson, Ky., January 16 to February 25, 1864. March over mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., February 25 - March 15; thence moved to Mossy Creek and to Bull's Gap April 1. Expedition toward Jonesboro and destruction of Tennessee & Virginia Railroad April 23-28. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15, Cartersville May 20. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Farm June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Isham's Ford July 8. 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. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. 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 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16 - February 9. Operations against Hoke February 12-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Gulley's March 31. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. At Raleigh till May 5. At Greensboro till June 21. Companies A, B, C and D mustered out May 3, 1865. Regiment mustered out June 21, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 53 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 130 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 188.

 

 

64th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

Intended for 1st Regiment Light Artillery, but organization not completed.

 

 

65th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Princeton, Ind., and mustered in August 18, 1862. Company K mustered in September 10, 1862, and Joined Regiment at Madisonville, Ky. Left State for Henderson, Ky., August 20, 1862. Served unassigned, District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. 4th Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Action at Madisonville, Ky., August 25, 1862. Guard duty along line of Louisville & Nashville Railroad till August, 1863. Skirmish at Bradenburg, Ky., September 12, 1862, and at Henderson, Ky., September 14, 1862 (Co. D). Regiment mounted April, 1863. Action at Cheshire, Ohio, July 21, 1863. Dixon July 29 (Co. E). Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16 - October 17. Occupation of Knoxville September 2. Action at Greenville September 11. Kingsport September 18. Bristol September 19. Zollicoffer September 20-21. Carter's Depot September 20-21. Jonesborough September 21. Hall's Ford, Watauga River, September 22. Carter's Depot Sep­tember 22. Blue Springs October 10. Henderson's Mill and Rheatown October 11. Blountsville October 14. Bristol October 15. Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23. Mulberry Gap November 19. Walker's Ford, Clinch River, December 2. Near Maynardsville December 12. Bean's Station December 14. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Kimbrough's Cross Roads January 16, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17 and January 26-28. Dandridge January 17. Scout to Chucky Bend March 12. Regiment dismounted April 21, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 - September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cartersville May 20. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Farm June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Isham's Ford July 8. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Near Rough and Ready August 31. Lovejoy's Station September 2-6. Decatur September 28. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. 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 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16 - February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh and Greensboro till June. Mustered out June 22, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 216 Enlisted men by disease. Total 254.

 

 

66th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Pvt James *Hylton (Co. K); Pvt Hiram *Matthews

 

Overview:

Organized at New Albany and mustered in August 19, 1862. Left State for Lexington, Ky., August 19; thence moved to Richmond, Ky. Attached to Cruft's Brigade, Army of Kentucky. Battle of Richmond August 30. Regiment mostly captured, paroled and sent to New Albany, Ind.; those not captured marched to New Albany; arrived September 10. Regiment moved to Indianapolis, Ind., Novem­ber 18; thence to Corinth, Miss., December 10, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, Miss., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Divisi­on, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Garrison duty at Corinth, Miss., December, 1862, to August, 1863. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama April 15 - May 2, 1863. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Moved to Colliersville, Tenn., August 18, and duty there till October 29. Action at Colliersville October 11 (Cos. B, C, D, E, G, I). March to Pulaski October 29 - November 11 and duty there till April 29, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 - September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley, near Resaca, May 9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 15. Rome Cross Roads May 16. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 - November 3. Reconnoissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November 15 - December 10. Little Ogeechee River December 4. Jenk's Bridge and Eden Station December 7. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, SC., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. South River February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Little Congaree Creek February 16. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 14. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 - May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 3, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 62 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 184 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 250.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Matthews, Hiram: Correspondence, 1863-65. Twenty-one letters from a Union soldier in the 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Possib­ly in the siege of Atlanta, Georgia, May-September, 1864. Letters to his wife, Elmira, in Campbellsburg, Washington County, Indiana, from camps in Corinth, Mississippi; Pulaski, Tennessee; and Atlanta, Georgia. Writes of camp life, his fellow soldiers, the battle in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and his relief at the war's end. Transcripts available. (Virginia Tech, Univ. Libraries, Special Collec­tions: Civil War guide. Manuscript Sources for Civil War Research in the Special Collections Department of the Virginia Tech Libra­ries Ms88-090).

 

 

67th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. LtCol T. E. *Buehler; C. C. *Briant

 

Overview:

Organized at Madison, Ind., and mustered in August 20, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., and attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio. Siege of Munfordsville, Ky., September 14-17. Captured September 17, paroled and sent to In­dianapolis, Ind. Reorganizing at Indianapolis till December. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., December 10. Attached to 1st Brigade, 10th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to De­cember, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Reserve Division, Military Division West Mississippi, December, 1864.

 

Service:

Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition from Milliken's Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi December 25-26. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17, and duty there till March 8. Expedition to Greenville, Miss., and Cypress Bend, Ark., February 14-29. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 8, and duty there till April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River Bridge May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18 - July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 24. Duty at Car­rollton, Brashear City and Berwick till October. Expedition to New and Amite Rivers September 24-29. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30. Action at Grand Coteau November 3. Moved to Algiers December 13, thence to Texas December 18. Duty at Du Crow's Point, Matagorda Bay, till March, 1864. Reconnoissance on Matagorda Peninsula January 21, 1864. Moved to Algiers, La., March 1. Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23. Constructing dam at Alexandria April 30 - May 10. Retreat to Morgan­za May 13-20. At Morganza and Baton Rouge till August. Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2-23. Siege and surrender of Fort Gaines August 3-8. Capture of Fort Morgan August 23. Duty at Morganza till December. Expedition to mouth of White River November 12-20. Consolidated with 24th Indiana Infantry December 21, 1864.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 52 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 194 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 249.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Briant, C. C.: History of the 67th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Indianapolis, 1891)

- Scott, Reuben B.: The History of the 67th Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, War of the Rebellion (Bedford, 1892)

- o.A.: The History of the 67th Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, R. B. Scott compiler (Bedford, 1892)

 

 

68th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 19, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., August 20. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., August 25; thence to Munfordsville, Ky. Siege of Mun­fordsville, Ky., September 14-17. Regiment captured September 17. Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind. Reorganized at Indiana­polis till December 25. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 26; thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 1, 1863. Attached to 2nd Bri­gade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, Oc­tober, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Garrison at Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Separate Division, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Murfreesboro, Tenn., January to June, 1863. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Cam­paign June 23 - July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Tullahoma June 29-30. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Shellmound August 21. Reconnoissance from Shellmound toward Chattanooga August 30-31. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Before Chattanooga September 22-26. Siege of Chattanooga September 22 - November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8. Operati­ons in East Tennessee till April, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17. Garrison duty at Chattanooga April to September, 1864. Relief of Dalton, Ga., August 14-15. March to Cleveland, Charleston, Athens and Madisonville August 18-20. Moved to Tulla­homa September 1, thence to Chattanooga and Decatur, Ala., October 27. Defence of Decatur, Ala., October 29-31. Duty at Resaca, Ga., November 13-29; thence moved to Nashville, Tenn. Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennes­see River December 17-28. Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., and garrison duty there till June, 1865. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., June 16, and there mustered out June 20, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 35 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 111 Enlisted men by disease. Total 150.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Barnes, James A. et. al.: The Eighty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry: A Narrative of Its Services in the Civil War of 1861-1865 (Crawfordsville, Indiana: Jounal Co. Printers, 1895)

- High, Edwin W.: History of the 68th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Metamora, Ind., 1902)

 

 

69th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

Organized at Richmond, Ind., and mustered in August 19, 1862. Left State for Lexington, Ky., August 20. Attached to Manson's Bri­gade, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 30. Regiment captured August 30; paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind. Reorganizing at Indianapolis till November 27, 1862. Left State for Memphis, Tenn., November 27, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Divisi­on, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to De­cember, 1864. District of Southern Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Reserve Corps. Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff Decem­ber 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17, and duty there till March 8. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 8, and duty there till April 25. Roundaway Bayou, Richmond, March 31. Operations from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage March 31 - April 17. James' Plantation, near New Carthage, April 6. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black Bridge May 17. Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Near Clinton July 8. Near Jackson July 9. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - No­vember 30. Ordered to Algiers December 13, thence moved to Texas December 18. Duty at Matagorda Bay and Indianola till Februa­ry, 1864, and at Matagorda Island till April 19. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Alexandria, La., April 19-27. Red River Campaign April 27 - May 22, Actions at Alexandria April 29 and May 2 to 9. Graham's Plantation May 5. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Duty at Morganza till December. Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30 - June 6. Expedition to mouth of White River and St. Charles, Ark., September 13-20. Moved to Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, December 7. Granger's Pascagoula Expedition December 14, 1864, to January 1, 1865. Duty at Pascagoula till January 31. Consolidated to a Battalion of 4 Companies January 22. Moved to Bar­rancas, Fla., January 31; thence to Pensacola, Fla., March 14. Steele's march through Florida to Mobile March 20 - April 1. Occupati­on of Pollard March 26. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely April 1-9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. March to Montgomery and Selma April 13-22. Return to Mobile May 3 and duty there till July. Mustered out July 5, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 77 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 248 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 331.

 

 

70th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Col Benjamin *Harrison; LtCol Samuel *Merril; Sgt James H. *Kelly

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., July 22 to August 8, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., August 13. Attached to District of Louis­ville, Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Ward's Brigade, Dumont's 12th Division, Army of the Cumberland, to December, 1862. Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Ward's Brigade, Post and District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to Janua­ry, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Moved from Louisville, Ky., to Bowling Green, Ky., August, 1862. Duty there and along line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad till November. Skirmishes at Russellsville and Glasgow September 30. Moved to Scottsville November 10, thence to Gallatin, Tenn., November 24, and duty along Louisville & Nashville Railroad from Gallatin to Nashville, Tenn., till February 9, 1863. Garrison duty at Gallatin till June 1. Moved to Lavergne June 1, thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 30. Duty at Fortress Rosecrans, Murfreesboro, till August 19. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., August 19, and picket and fatigue duty at that point till February 24, 1864. Skirmish at Tullahoma, Tenn., October 23, 1863. March to Wauhatchie, Tenn., February 24 - March 10. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 - Septem­ber 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19-24. Combat at New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Mountain June 11-14. Lost Moun­tain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's or Neal Dow Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26 - September 2. Occupation of At­lanta September 2 - November 15. Near Turner's and Howell's Ferries, Chattahoochee River, October 19 (Detachment). March to the sea November 15 - December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Lawton­ville, SC., February 2. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Golds­boro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of John­ston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 - May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 8, 1865. Recruits transferred to 33rd Indiana Infantry.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 96 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 103 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 203.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Kelly, James H.: Journal (Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis)

- **Merril, Samuel: The Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion (Bowen-Merrill Pub, Indianapolis, 1900, 1st Edition, 372 pp, Rosters) Professionally Released with New Endpapers. Organized in Indianapolis in 1862, the 70th Indiana served in Tennessee, the Battle of Atlanta, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Lost Mountain, Savannah and North Carolina

 

 

71st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., July 21 to August 18, 1862. Mustered in at Indianapolis August 18, 1862, and left State for Lexing­ton, Ky., August 18. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 30. Regiment mostly captured, paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind. Reorgani­zing at Indianapolis till December, 1862. Ordered to Kentucky. Action at Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., December 27, 1862. Regiment again captured. Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, and on duty there till August 26, 1863. Designation of Regiment changed to 6th Indiana Cavalry February 22, 1863. (See 6th Indiana Cavalry.)

Indienststellung am 18.8.1862 aufgrund des 3. Aufruf Lincoln's vom 4.8.1862.

 

Col ?*Biddle; eingesetzt mit Teilen der 71st Indiana Infantry am 8.7.1863 zur Abwehr von John Hunt Morgans's Raid nach Ohio zur Verhinderung des Übersetzens von Morgan's Division über den Ohio River bei *Brandenburg / Kentucky. Biddle befand sich mit ei­nem Teil seines Regiments auf dem Dampfer Grey Eagle, der begleitet vom Gunboat USS Elk von *Louisville aus nach Brandenburg fuhr. Dort gerieten die Schiffe unter Beschuß von Captain Edward P.- *Byrnes Artillery und zogen sich ergebnislos nach Louisville zurück ( Horwitz: Longest Raid, a.a.O., S. 49).

 

 

72nd Regiment Indiana Mounted Infantry:

gehörte zur *Lightning Brigade: Evans S. 19 ff.; 22 ff.

 

s. Sgt Benjamin F. *Magee (Co. I); Corporal John M. *Barnard; Pvt Alva C. *Griest (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Lafayette, Ind. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind.. August 11, and there mustered in August 16, 1862. Left State for Lebanon, Ky., August 17. Attached to 40th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 1st Briga­de, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Wilder's Mounted Infantry Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Grierson's Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division. Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Lebanon Junction, Ky., September 6-22, 1862. Moved to Louisville September 22, and to Elizabethtown, West Point, Sep­tember 30 - October 5. Pursuit of Bragg and operations against Morgan October 6-20. March to Bowling Green, Ky., October 26 - November 3, thence to Scottsboro November 10. To Gallatin November 26 and to Castillian Springs November 28. To Bledsoe Creek December 14. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862 - January 2, 1863. Moved to Cave City, thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 2-8, 1863, and duty there till June. Scout to Woodbury March 3-8. Regiment mounted March 17. Expedition to Carthage, Le­banon and Liberty April 1-8. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Occupation of McMinnville April 22. Woodbury May 24. Li­berty June 4. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7. Bay Spring Branch June 24. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Oc­cupation of Manchester June 27. Raid on Bragg's communications June 28-30. Dechard June 29. Raid to Lynchburg July 16-17. At Dechard July 27 - August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Sequatchie River August 19. Wild Cat Trace August 20. Friar's Island August 25 and September 9. Capture of Chattanooga September 9. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11. Ringgold September 11. Leet's Tan Yard September 12-13. Pea Vine Bridge and Alexander's Bridge September 17. Reed's Bridge and Dyer's Bridge September 18. Battle of Chickamauga Septem­ber 19-21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 29 - October 17. Thompson's Cove, Cumberland Mountains, October 3. Murfreesboro Road, near McMinnville, and McMinnville October 4. Sims' Farm, near Shelbyville, and Farmington October 7. Shel­byville Pike October 7. Expedition from Maysville to Whitesburg and Decatur November 14-17. Moved from Pulaski to Colliers­ville, Tenn., December 31, 1862 - January 14, 1864. Shoal Creek, Ala., January 24 (Detachment). Florence January 24. Athens Janua­ry 25 (Detachment). Smith's Expedition from Colliersville to Okolona, Miss., February 10-26. Raiford's Plantation near Byhalia Fe­bruary 10. Ivey's Hill near Okolona February 22. Moved to Mooresville March 5-26, thence to Columbia April 3-8. March to Lafa­yette, Ga., April 30 - May 9. Atlanta Campaign May to September, 1864. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Dallas May 24. About Dallas May 25 - June 5. Big Shanty June 9. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2. Noonday Creek and Powder Springs June 19-20. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. On line of Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Rottenwood Creek June 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Garrard's Raid to Covington July 22-24. Garrard's Raid to South River July 27-31. Flat Rock July 28. Siege of Atlanta August 1-25. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26 - September 2. Operations in Northern Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29 - November 3. Skirmishes near Lost Mountain October 4-7. New Hope Church Oc­tober 5. Dallas October 7. Near Rome October 10-11. Narrows October 11. Coosaville Road near Rome October 12-13. Near Sum­merville October 18. Blue Pond and Little River, Ala., October 21. King's Hill October 23. Ladiga, Terrapin Creek, October 28. Dismounted November 1, and ordered to Nashville, thence to Louisville, Ky., and duty there till December 28. March to Nashville, Tenn., December 28, 1864, to January 8, 1865, thence to Gravelly Springs, Ala.. and duty there till March, 1865. Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw. Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22 - April 24. Plantersville and near Randolph April 1. Selma April 2. Montgomery April 12. Columbia April 16. Capture of Macon April 20. Pursuit of Jeff Davis May 6-10. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., May 23 - June 15. Mus­tered out June 26, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 130 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 160.

 

Einsätze:

Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign; Übergang über den *Chattahoochie River ( Evans, Sherman’s Horsemen, S. 22)

 

Documents/Literature:

- Barnard, John M.: Letters (Indiana Historical Society, Springfield / Indiana)

- **Griest, Alva C.: Diary; Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, Chickamauga, Georgia

- **Magee (auch McGee), Benjamin F.: History of the 72d Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the Mounted Lightning Brigade. A Faithful Record of the Life, Service, and Suffering, of the Rank and File of the Regiment, on the March, in Camp, in Battle, and in Prison. Es­pecially Devoted to Giving the Reader a Definite Knowledge of the Service of the Common Sol­dier. With an Appendix Containing a Complete Roster of Officers and Men. Edited by William R. Jewell. LaFayette, Ind.: S. Vater, 1882

- Records, William H. Diary, Indiana State Library; Indianapolis

- Remley, Ambrose: Ambrose Remley to „Father and Mother, Sister and Brothers,“ 2 July 1864, Ambrose Remley Papers: Morning Reports, 3-4 July 1864, Company A, 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry, RG 94, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington

 

 

73rd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

Colonel Gilberth Hathaway

 

Overview:

Organized at South Bend, Ind., and mustered in August 16, 1862. Ordered to Lexington, Ky. Evacuation of Lexington August 31. At­tached to 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. Streight's Provisional Brigade. Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1863. Prisoners of war to December, 1863. Post and District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, January, 1864. 1st Brigade, Rousseau's 3rd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg, to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22, 1862. Battle of Perryville. Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22 - November 9, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till April. Reconnoissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13-15. Streight's Raid to Rome, Ga., April 26 - May 3. Day's Gap, Sand Mountain, Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain April 30. East Branch, Black Warrior Creek, May 1. Blount's Farm and Center May 2. Cedar Bluff May 3. Regiment captured. Reorganized and rejoined army at Nashville, Tenn., December, 1863. Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and picketing Tennessee River from Draper's Ferry to Limestone Point. Headquarters at Triana till September, 1864. Paint Rock Bridge April 8, 1864. Scout from Triana to Somerville July 29 (Detachment). Action at Athens, Ala.. October 1-2. Defence of Decatur October 26-29. Duty at Stevenson, Ala., till January, 1865. At Huntsville, Ala., and along Mobile & Charleston Railroad till July. Gurley's Tank February 16, 1865 (Detach­ment). Mustered out July 1, 1865.

 

Das Regiment gehörte zur Lightning Mule Brigade by Abel Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama ( Willett, The Lightning Mule Brigade. Abel Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama, a.a.O., S. 30)

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 41 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 191 Enlisted men by disease. Total 241. (Source: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer. Copyright, 1908.)

 

Documents/Literature:

- Barnard, Job: Diary. Indiana State Library, Indianapolis

- Brumfield, Staunton 73rd Indiana Infantry): Diary. Indiana State Library, Indianapolis +++ein Zugriffsversuch auf das Archiv ist bisher gescheitert++++

- Committee of the Seventy-Third Indiana Regimental Association, History of the Seventy-Third Indiana Volunteers. Washington: Carnahan Press, 1909

- Frederick H. Dyer. Copyright, 1908.)"A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer. Copyright, 1908.

- Scribner, Theodore T.: Indiana's Roll of Honor. vol II. Indianapolis: A. D. Streight, Publishers, 1866

 

 

74th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind.. and mustered in August 21, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky., August 22, thence to Bowling Green, Ky., and duty there till September 5. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Di­vision, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumber­land, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Moved to Louisville, Ky., September 5, 1862. (Companies C and K at siege of Munfordsville, Ky., September 14-17. Captured Sep­tember 17. Exchanged November 17, and rejoined Regiment at Castillian, Tenn., December 4, 1862.) Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Gallatin, Tenn.. and duty there and at Castillian till January, 1863. Ope­rations against Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2. 1863. Boston December 29, 1862. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., January 13, 1863, thence to Murfreesboro, and duty there till June. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Tullahoma June 29-30. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passa­ge of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24 - November 23. Before Chattanooga September 22-26. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Ring­gold November 26-27. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge, February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 - September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. 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 against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 - November 3. Kingston, Ga., November 8 and 10. March to the sea November 15 - December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 - May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 9, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 86 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 181 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 274.

 

 

75th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. 1st Sergeant William Bluffton Miller (Co. K)

 

Overview:

Organized at Wabash, Ind., and mustered in August 19, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., August 21, thence moved to Lebanon, Ky. Attached to 40th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Di­vision, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-20. 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Bowling Green, Ky., October 26 - November 3, thence to Scottsville November 10, and to Gallatin, Tenn., November 25. Pursuit of Morgan to Glasgow, Ky., December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Moved to Cave City January 2, thence to Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tenn. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Expedition to Woodbury March 3-8. Expedition to Lebanon, Car­thage and Liberty April 1-8, Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Tullahoma June 29-30. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Moun­tains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Shellmound August 21. Narrows near Shell­mound August 28. Reconnoissance from Shellmound toward Chattanooga August 30-31. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga September 22 - November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Mission Ridge November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty at Chattanooga and Ringgold, Ga., till May, 1864. Reconnoissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyr­na Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. 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. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 - November 3. March to the sea November 15 - December 10. Siege of Sav­annah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Averyshore March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 - May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 8, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 43 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 186 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 232.

 

 

76th Regiment Indiana Infantry (30 days 1862):

s. Pvt Jacob *Steinwehr

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., for 30 days State service July 20, 1862. Duty at Evansville, Ind., and at Henderson, Ky., operating against guerrillas and protecting steamboats on the Ohio River till August 20, Mustered out August 20, 1862.

 

 

77th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s 4th Indiana Cavalry

 

 

78th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., for 60 days State service and mustered in August 5, 1862. Guard duty at Evansville, Ind., and opera­tions against guerrillas in Kentucky till October 3. Part of Regiment engaged at Uniontown September 1, and Company K; at siege of Munfordsville, Ky., September 14-17. Mustered out October 3, 1862.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost 1 Officer and 1 Enlisted man killed and 3 Enlisted men by disease. Total 5.

 

 

79th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., August 20 to September 2, 1862. Mustered in September 2, 1862, and moved to Louisville, Ky. Atta­ched to 11th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 11th Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Hood to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., Octo­ber 22 - November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamau­ga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24 - November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28 - December 8. Operations in East Tennes­see December, 1863, to April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dal­ton, Ga., May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jones­boro August 31 - September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama Sep­tember 29 - November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Expedition from Whitesburg February 17, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15 - April 22. At Nashville till June. Mustered out June 7, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 50 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 147 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 202.

 

 

80th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Princeton and Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September 8, 1862. Left State for Covington, Ky., September 9, thence moved to Louisville, Ky. Attached to 34th Brigade, 10th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 34th Brigade, 10th Di­vision, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Briga­de, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., and duty there till December. Pursuit of Morgan to the Cumberland River December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Duty at Elizabethtown, Ky., till March, and at Woodsonville till August. Pursuit of Morgan June 20 - July 5. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16 - Oc­tober 17. March over Cumberland Mountains to Knoxville August 16 - September 3. Duty at Kingston till December 5. Action at Kingston November 24. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., December 6, thence march to Blain's Cross Roads and Mossy Creek. Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. Operations in East Tennessee till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton, Ga., May 9-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 11-14, Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Chattahoochee River July 3-17. Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro Au­gust 31 - September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. 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 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16 - February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek Fe­bruary 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Salisbury till June. Mustered out June 22, 1865. Recruits transferred to 129th Indiana In­fantry.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 64 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 171 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 242.

 

 

81st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at New Albany, Ind., and mustered in August 29, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., August 29. Attached to 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Briga­de, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Di­vision, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16 - No­vember 7, and duty there till December 26. Reconnoissance toward Franklin December 9. Near Brentwood December 9. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Reconnoissance from Salem to Versailles March 9-14. Operations on Eaglesville Pike near Murfrees­boro June 4. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 22- July 7. Liberty Gap June 22-27. Duty at Winchester till August. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24 - October 25. Reopened Tennessee River October 26-29. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., till January 26, 1864, and at Ooltewah till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 3 to September 8, 1864. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyr­na Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 - November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Colum­bia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Ten­nessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15 - April 22. At Nashville till June. Mustered out June 13, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 52 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 188 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 245.

 

 

82nd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Pvt Hiram *Reynolds (Co. H)

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis and Camp Emerson and mustered in August 30, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 1. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16 - No­vember 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee or Tullaho­ma Campaign June 23 - July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumber­land Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16 - September 22. Battle of Chickamauga Septem­ber 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24- November 23. Reopening Tennessee River November 26-29. Brown's Ferry October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pur­suit to Graysville November 26-27. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 - September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 10-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chatta­hoochee River July 5-17. 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. March to the sea November 15 - December 10. Siege of Sav­annah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C, March 11. Averysboro March 16. Batt­le of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 - May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 9, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 65 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 244.

 

 

83rd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Col. Abner C. *Harding

 

Overview:

Organized at Lawrenceburg, Ind., September 4 to November 5, 1862. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., and attached to 4th Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Memphis, Tenn., to November 26, 1862. "Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 13, 1862. Sherman's Yazoo Expediti­on December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkan­sas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17, and duty there till April. Black Bayou March 24-25. Demonstration on Haines' and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2. Movement to Join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., May 2-14. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Cherokee Station, Ala., October 21. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., No­vember 28-December 8. Garrison duty in Alabama till May, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of At­lanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. 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. Turkeytown and Gadsden Road, Ala., October 25. March to the sea November 15-Decem­ber 10. Siege of Savannah, Ga., December 10-21. Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Cannon's Bridge, South Edisto River, S.C., February 8. Orangeburg February 11-12. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Rich­mond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 3, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 220 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 284.

 

Das Regiment traf im November 1862 in Memphis / Tennessee ein, zu Beginn von Grant’s Overland Campaign ( Bearss: Vicks­burg Campaign, a.a.O., vol. I S. 59n3).

 

Documents/Literature:

- Grecian, Joseph: History of the Eighty-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for Three Years with Sherman ... (Cincinnati, 1865)

 

 

84th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Richmond and Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September 3, 1862. Ordered to Covington, Ky., September 8, and duty in the defences of Covington and Cincinnati, Ohio, during Kirby Smith's threatened attack on Cincinnati. Moved to Point Plea­sant, W. Va., October 1. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Kanawha Divisi­on, District of West Virginia, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Eastern Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to February 18, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Baird's 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, February, 1863. Baird's Division, Franklin, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Moved from Point Pleasant, W. Va., to Guyandotte October 13, 1862, and duty there till November 14. Ordered to Kentucky Novem­ber 14. Duty at Catlettsburg and Cassville, Ky., till February 7, 1863. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 7-20, thence to Franklin, Tenn., March 5, and duty there till June 3. Pursuit of Van Dorn March 9-12. Repulse of Van Dorn's attack on Franklin April 10. Mo­ved to Triune June 3. Repulse of Forest's attack on Triune June 11. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occu­pation of Shelbyville July 1. At Wartrace till August 12. Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August-September. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-October 26. Near Chattanooga October 2. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. At Whiteside till February, 1864. Near Kingston December 4, 1863. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on till September 26. Moved to Memphis, thence march Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville, Tenn., till June. Mustered out June 14, 1865. Recruits transferred to 57th Indiana Infantry.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 82 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 145 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 234.

 

 

85th Regiment Indiana Volunteer:

Col. John P. *Baird; LtCol Jefferson E. *Brant; LtCol Alexander B. *Crane; Dr. Wilson *Hobbs; Captain und Adjutant Francis (Frank) C. *Crawford; Captain Caleb *Bales (Co D); Captain William T *Crawford (Co H); Captain Edward *Davis (Co G); Captain Caleb *Nash (Co I); Captain Francis M. *Rude (Co F); Captain Josiah H. *Sherman (Co A); Captain William T. *Stark; Lt Henry R. *Ingraham (Co A); Sgt. Francis A. *Remington (Co. G); Corporal Samuel *Coble; Pvt. Elwood *Hunt; Pvt. William M. *Jackman; Pvt. Samuel H. *Mattox; Pvt William *Neet (Co. G); William *Herron

 

Overview:

Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., September 2, 1862. Ordered to Kentucky and duty at Covington, Lexington, Nicholasville and Dan­ville, Ky., till January 26, 1863. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, September-October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1863. Coburn's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Ken­tucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Coburn's unattached Brigade, Post Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 2nd Bri­gade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., January 26-February 1. Moved to Brentwood Station, Tenn., February 21, thence to Franklin. Action at Franklin March 4, and at Thompson's Station, Spring Hill, March 4-5. Regiment captured by Van Dorn, commanding Bragg's Cavalry forces, nearly 18.000 strong. Exchanged May 5, 1863. Regiment reorganizing at Indianapolis, Ind., till June 12. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., June 12, and guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad at Franklin and Mur­freesboro till April, 1864. Während der Chattanooga Campaign ab 5.9.1863 zur Bewachung Eisenbahnlinie zwischen Christiana / Tennessee zur Duck River Bridge eingesetzt ( Welcher / Ligget: Coburn's Brigade, a.a.O., S. 133). Garrison's Creek near Foster­ville and Christiana October 6, 1863 (Detachment) ( Welcher / Ligget: Coburn's Brigade, a.a.O., S. 149). March to Lookout Val­ley, Tenn., April 20-28.1864 Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pine Mount June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Ke­nesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Sie­ge of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Lawtonville, S.C., February 2. Battle of Benton­ville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 12, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 190 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 235.

 

Das Regiment gehörte von der Aufstellung im September 1862 bis zum Kriegsende 1865 zu Coburn’s Brigade ( Welcher / Ligget: Coburn’s Brigade, a.a.O., S. 13). Teilnahme am Battle of Thompson’s Station am 5.3.1863 ( Welcher / Ligget: Coburn's Brigade, a.a.O., S.51 ff).

 

Das Regiment bestand weitgehend aus Anhängern der Demokratischen Partei; es bestanden Zweifel an der Loyalität zu den USA, weshalb Governor Oliver P. *Morton das Einschwören des Regiments auf die USA veranlaßte. Es gab ebenfalls Desertionen. Captain William T. Stark (Co. C) stand zeitweise unter Arrest, unter dem Vorwurf, er begünstige Desertionen aus seiner Company ( Wel­cher / Ligget: Coburn’s Brigade, a.a.O., S. 50).

 

Documents/Literature:

- *Brant, Jefferson E.: History of the Eighty-Fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Bloomington / Ind.: Cravens Brothers, Printers and Binders, 1902); Anm.: Brant war Captain Company ‘E’ 85th Indiana Infantry und später kurzzeitig Regimentskommandeur

- Coble, Samuel: Day Book of the 85th Indiana, Co. G, 1863 (Indiana Historical Society)

- Herron, William: Reminiscenses of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, printed at the Sullivan Union Office, Sullivan, Indiana, 1874

- Mattox, Samuel H.: Diary and Civil War Letters of Samuel H. Mattox (Vigo County Public Library, Terre Haute / Indiana)

- Neet, William: Civil War Letters, compiled by Neet McCanliss, Rockville / Indiana, 1933 (copied and distributed by Dale V. Bush, 1980), Rockville Public Library, Rockville / Indiana

- Welcher, Frank and Larry G. Ligget: Coburn’s Brigade: 85th Indiana, 33rd Indiana, 19th Michigan, and 22nd Wisconsin in the Civil War; (Carmel, Ind.: Guild Press of Indiana, 1999); Bibliothek Ref MilAmerik22

 

 

86th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Pvt James A. *Barnes (Co. H); Thomas Hart Benton *McCain

 

Overview:

Organized at Lafayette, Ind., and mustered in September 4, 1862. Ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, September 5, thence to Covington, Ky., and to Louisville, Ky., September 30. Duty there till October 1. Attached to 14th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, Sep­tember, 1862. 14th Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumber­land, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., Oc­tober 22-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River Decem­ber 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Grays­ville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee December, 1863, to April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Cassville May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Opera­tions about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Ke­nesaw June 27. Ruff's or Neal Dow Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. 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. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Expedition from Whitesburg February 17, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville till June. Mustered out June 6, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 70 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 176 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 249.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Barnes, James, et. al.: The 86th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Crawfordville / Indiana, 1895)

- **McCain, Thomas Hart Benton (86th Indiana): In Song and Sorrow: The Daily Journal of Thomas Hart Benton McCain (Guild Press, Edited by Robert and Josephine Rue, 250 pp). McCain's detailed journal reads like a Ken Burns account of Sherman's Army in the West in 1863-1865. The war in the west first-hand from Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesboro, Atlanta and beyond

 

 

87th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at South Bend, Ind., and mustered in August 31, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., August 31. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7. Duty South Tunnel, Pilot Knob and Gallatin, Tenn., November 8-26, and guarding fords of the Cumberland till Janua­ry 29, 1863. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., till March 6. Duty at Triune till June. Expedition toward Columbia, Tenn., March 4-14. Franklin June 4-5. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Ten­nessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-Sep­tember 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ring­gold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., Fe­bruary 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Reconnoissance from Ringgold to­ward Tunnel Hill April 29. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's or Neal Dow Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-No­vember 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Averysboro March 16. Battle at Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsbore March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 10,

1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 190 Enlisted men by disease. Total 283.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Overmyer, Jack K.: A Stupendous Effort: The 87th Indiana in the War of the Rebellion (Indiana University Press, 288 pp, Photos, Maps, Appendix). Fighting in the Western theater, the 87th fought gallantly at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, and through South Carolina

 

 

88th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in August 29, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., August 29, and duty there till October 1. Attached to 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-No­vember 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Look­out Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pea Vine Creek and Graysville November 26. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to Charleston December 30, 1863, to January 10, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. De­monstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap, May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. 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. Near Red Oak Au­gust 30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Wa­shington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 7, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 147 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 214.

 

 

89th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 28, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., thence moved to Munfordsville, Ky., September 2. Siege of Munfordsville September 14-17. Regiment captured September 17 and paroled. March to Brandenburg, thence to Jeffersonville, Ind. Duty at Indianapolis, Ind., saw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie December 5-8. Attached to Dis­trict of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Di­vision, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Divisio­n (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Guard and fatigue duty at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., December 21, 1862, to October 18, 1863. Expedition to Hernando, Miss., August 16-20, 1863. Garrison and picket duty at Memphis, Tenn., till January 26, 1864. Expedition after Forest December 24-31, 1863. Lafayette and Grierson's Bridge December 27 (Detachment). Moscow December 27 (Detachment). Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., January 26-31, 1864. Big Black River February 2. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Queen Hill February 4. Meridian Fe­bruary 14-15. Decatur February 22. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Henderson's Hill March 21. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. Fort Bisland April 12. Natchitoches April 20-21. At Alexandria April 26 May 13. Bayou LaMouri May 7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg May 20-24, and to Memphis, Tenn., June 4-9. Old River Lake or Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Moved to Jefferson Bar­racks, Mo., September 8-19. Expedition to DeSoto September 20-October 1. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price October 2-November 19. Greenton November 1. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 25-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., January 1, 1865, and duty there till February 9. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, La., February 9-21. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-27, and duty there till June 1. Moved to Mobile June 1 and duty there till July 19. Mustered out July 19, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 188 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 252.

 

 

90th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. 5th Indiana Cavalry Regiment

 

 

91st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized as a Battalion of seven Companies at Evansville, Ind., and mustered in October 1, 1862. Left State for Henderson, Ky., October 10. Attached to District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to August, 1863. Russellville, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, October, 1863. District of Somerset, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Henderson, Madisonville and Smithlands, Ky., till June, 1863. Pursuit of Morgan to Burkesville June 15-23. (Cos. H, G and K organized September, 1863.) Duty at Russellville till September 25. (Co. G, H and K joined at Russellville.) Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., September 25. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., Camp Nelson, Ky., and Camp Burnside, Ky., till January, 1864. At Cumberland Gap January to May, 1864. Wyerman's Mills February 22, 1864 (Co. "A"). Cumberland Gap February 22 (Detachment). March to Kingston, Ga., May 17-June 3, thence to Ackworth, Ga.. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Chattahoochie River July 3-17. Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. October 27 to December 5. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River De­cember 17-23. Duty at Clifton, Tenn., till January 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wil­mington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Capture of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till May 3 and at Salisbury till June 26. Mustered out June 26, 1865. Recruits transferred to 120th, 124th and 128th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 18 Enlusted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease. Total 136.

 

 

92nd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization. Enlisted men merged into 93rd Indiana Infantry.

 

 

93rd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Pvt John *McCline (Co. F)

 

Overview:

Organized at Madison, Indianapolis and New Albany, Ind., August 16 to October 31, 1862. Left State for Memphis. Tenn., November 9, 1862. Attached to 5th Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old). Dept of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to Decem­ber, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.

 

Service:

Tallahatchie March”; November 26-December 20, 1862. Duty at Lagrange, Tenn., Corinth, Miss., and at Memphis, Tenn., till March, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., March 13, thence to Young's Point, La. At Ducksport, La., till May 3. Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf, May 3-14. Mississippi Springs May 13. Jackson May 14. Siege of Vicks­burg, May 18-July 4. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black River till September 5 and at Oak Ridge till October 14. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogue, Chitto Creek, October 17. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 7, and provost duty there till May 10, 1864. Expedition from Memphis to Wyatt's, Miss., February 6-18, 1864. Coldwater Ferry February 8. Near Senatobia February 8-9. Wyatt's February 13. Sturgis' Expe­dition to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May 9. Sturgis' Expedition to Gun­town, Miss., June 1-13. Battle of Brice's Cross Roads or Tishamin­go Creek near Guntown June 10. Ripley June 11. Smith's Expediti­on to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Camargo's Cross Roads, Harrisburg, July 13. Harrisburg near Tupelo July 14-15. Old Town or Tisha­mingo Creek July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Abbeville August 23. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., September 2. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Brite September 24-November 18. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 25-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River Decem­ber 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., and duty there till February 9, 1865. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, La., and to Dauphin Island, Ala., February 9-March 3. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spa­nish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, and duty there till May 10. At Selma and Gaines­ville till August. Mustered out at Gainesville, Ala., August 10, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 37 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 250 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 291.

 

Das Regiment traf im November 1862 in Memphis / Tennessee ein, zu Beginn von Grant’s Overland Campaign ( Bearss: Vicks­burg Campaign, a.a.O., vol. I S. 59n3).

 

 

94th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

Failed to complete organization.

 

 

95th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

Failed to complete organization.

 

 

96th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Col Thomas Emmet *Champion

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization. Three Companies raised and merged into 99th Regiment Indiana Infantry.

 

 

97th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., and mustered in September 20, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., thence to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there till December, 1862. Attached to District of Louisville, Ky., Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Mem­phis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad at LaGrange and Moscow, Tenn., till June, 1863. Ordered to Young's Point, La., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17, Camp at Big Black till September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 27-December 8. Moved to Scottsboro, Ala., and duty there till May, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Till, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1, to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-12. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Brushy Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jo­nesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswaldsville Novem­ber 22. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie Ri­ver January 25, 1865. Congaree Creek, S.C., February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Re­view May 24. Mustered out June 9, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 51 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 172 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 232.

 

Das Regiment traf im November 1862 in Memphis / Tennessee ein, zu Beginn von Grant’s Overland Campaign ( Bearss: Vicks­burg Campaign, a.a.O., vol. I S. 59n3).

 

 

98th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization. Two Companies organized, transferred to 100th Regiment Indiana Infantry (Anm. zweifelhaft, s.u.).

 

Das Regiment traf im November 1862 in Memphis / Tennessee ein, zu Beginn von Grant’s Overland Campaign (Bearss: Vicks­burg Campaign, a.a.O., vol. I S. 59n3).

 

 

99th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at South Bend, Ind., and mustered in October 21, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., thence to Memphis, Tenn. Attached to District of Louisville, Ky., Dept. Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade 4th Division 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 26, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till June, 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Big Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 8. At Scottsboro, Ala., December 17, 1863, to May, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge, February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Cam­paign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Brushy Mountain June 15. Assault on Ke­nesaw Mountain June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Nickajack Creek July 6-8, and July 9-10. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank move­ment on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Reconnoissance from Rome, Ga., on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Near Statesboro December 4. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Columbia, S.C., February 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to WashIngton, D. C, via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 6, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 45 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 147 Enlisted men by disease. Total 197.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Lucas, Daniel R.: History of the 99th Indiana Infantry. Containing a Diary of Marches, Incidents, Biography Officers and Complete Rolls (Lafayette, IN: Rosser & Spring, 1865)

 

 

100th Regiment Indiana Volunteer:

s. Pvt Theodore *Upson (Co. C)

 

Overview:

Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in September 10, 1862. Left State for Memphis, Tenn., November 11. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Briga­de, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Di­vision, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 26, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty at Colliersville, Tenn., and along the Memphis & Charleston Railroad till June 7. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 7. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till September 28. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23-November 20. Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Moved to Scottsboro, Ala., and duty there December 17, 1863, to May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Cam­paign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movement on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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. Brushy Mountain June 15. Assault in Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chat­tahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jones­boro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operati­ons against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 22. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnois­sance to Salkehat­chie River, S.C., January 25, 1865. Congaree Creek, S.C., February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Benton­ville, N. C., March 19-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Re­view May 24. Mustered out July 8, 1865. Recruits transferred to 48th Indiana Infantry.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 173 Enlisted men by di­New sease. Total 234.

 

Das Regiment traf im November 1862 in Memphis / Tennessee ein, zu Beginn von Grant’s Overland Campaign ( Bearss: Vicks­burg Campaign, a.a.O., vol. I S. 59n3).

 

Documents/Literature:

- Sherlock, Eli J.: Memorabilia of the Marches and Battles in Which the One Hundredth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers Took Part, War of the Rebellion, 1861-5 (Kansas City, Missouri, 1896)

- **Upson, Theodore: With Sherman to the Sea: The Civil War Letters, Diaries & Reminiscenses of Theodore F. Upson (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1943)

 

 

101st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. Sergeant Eli *Hutchins (Co. K)

 

Overview:

Organized at Wabash, Ind., and mustered in September 7, 1862. Left State for Covington, Ky., September 7, and duty there till Sep­tember 23. Moved to Louisville, Ky., September 23. Attached to 33rd Brigade, 10th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 33rd Brigade, 10th Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division (Centre), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Bri­gade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps,to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Escort Division trains to Springfield, Ky. March to Munfordsville, Ky., October 12, and duty there till November 30. Expedition to Cave City October 31-November 26. Moved to Bledsoe Creek November 30. Pur­suit of Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 3-11, and duty there till June. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Reconnoissance to Woodbury March 3-8. Action at Vaught's Hill, near Milton, March 20. Expedition to Lebanon, Carthage and Liberty April 1-8. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Camp at Dechard till August 17. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 17-September 22. Shellmound August 21. Narrows, near Shellmound, August 28 (Detachment). Reconnoissance from Shellmound toward Chattanooga August 29-30. Batt­le of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 22-November 23. Before Chattanooga September 22-26. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Duty at Chat­tanooga and Ringgold, Ga., till May, 1864. Reconnoissance from Ringgold, Ga., toward Tunnel Hill April 29. Atlanta (Ga.) Cam­paign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Allatoona Pass June 1-2. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 10-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Sta­tion July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. 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 against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Cypress Swamp, near Sister's Ferry, December 7. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., and there mustered out June 24, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 169 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 220.

 

 

102nd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized to repel Morgan's Raid July 10, 1863. Left Indianapolis, Ind., for Vernon July 11. Duty at Vernon, Dupont, Osgood and Sauman's Station till July 17. Mustered out July 17, 1863.

 

 

103rd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., July 10, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Left Indianapolis for Vernon, Ind., July 11. Pursuit of Mor­gan from Vernon to Harrison and Batavia, Ohio, July 12-15. March to Sauman's Station July 15, thence to Indianapolis, Ind. Muste­red out July 16, 1863.

 

 

104th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months, 1863):

 

Overview:

Organized July 10, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Pursuit of Morgan July 11-18. Mustered out July 18, 1863.

 

 

105th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 12, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 18, 1863.

 

 

106th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 10, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 18, 1863.

 

 

107th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 10, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 18, 1863.

 

 

108th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 12, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 18, 1863.

 

 

109th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 10, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 17, 1863.

 

 

110th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 12, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 15, 1863.

 

 

111th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 13, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 15, 1863.

 

 

112th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 10, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 17, 1863.

 

 

113th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 10, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Mustered out July 16, 1863.

 

 

114th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized July 9, 1863, to repel the Morgan Raid. Engaged in the pursuit of Morgan July 11-21. Mustered out July 21, 1863.

 

 

115th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in for 6 months' service August 13, 1863. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., September 16. Attached to Mahan's 1st Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces,

Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1864.

 

Service:

March from Nicholasville, Ky., to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, 1863, and to Morristown October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Duty at Greenville till November 6. Moved to Bull's Gap November 6, and duty there till December. March across Clinch Mountain to Clinch River. Action at Walker's Ford December 2. Guard and patrol duty in East Tennessee till February. 1864. Mustered out February 25, 1864.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 70.

 

 

116th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Lafayette, Ind., and mustered in for 6 months' service August 17, 1863. Moved to Dearborn, Mich., August 31, and guard arsenal till September 16. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., September 16. Attached to Mahan's 1st Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Willcox's Division, Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1864.

 

Service:

March from Nicholasville, Ky., to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, 1863, and to Morristown October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. March to Greenville and duty there till November 6; thence march to Bull's Gap and across Clinch Mountain to Clinch River November-December. Action at Walker's Ford, Clinch River, December 2. Duty at Tazewell, Maynardsville and in East Tennessee till February, 1864. Action at Tazewell January 24. Mustered out February 29 to March 2, 1864.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 65.

 

 

117th Regiment Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-64):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in for 6 months' service September 17, 1863. Left State for Nicholasville, Ky., Septem­ber 17. Attached to Mahan's 1st Brigade. Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Divisi­on, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1864.

 

Service:

March from Nicholasville, Ky., to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, 1863; thence to Morristown October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. March to Greenville and duty there till November 6. Moved to Bean's Station November 6. Action at Clinch Mountain Gap November 14. Duty at Tazewell, Maynardsville and Cumberland Gap till February, 1864. Action at Tazewell January 24, 1864. Mustered out February 23-27, 1864.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 95 Enlisted men by disease. Total 95.

 

 

118th Regiment Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-64):

 

Overview:

Organized at Wabash, Ind., July and August, 1863, for 6 months' service. Left State for Nicholasville, Ky., September 16. Attached to Mahan's 1st Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1864.

 

Service:

March from Nicholasville, Ky., to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, and to Morristown October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. March to Greenville and duty there till November 6. March across Clinch Mountain to Clinch River. Action at Walker's Ford, Clinch River, December 2. Duty at Tazewell, Maynardsville and Cumberland Gap till February, 1864. Action at Tazewell Janua­ry 24. Mustered out March 1-4, 1864.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 86 Enlisted men by disease. Total 90.

 

 

119th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. 7th Regiment Cavalry

 

 

120th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Columbus, Ind., December, 1863, to March, 1864. Left State for Louisville, Ky., March 20, 1864; thence moved to Nash­ville, Tenn. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina to Februa­ry, 1866.

 

Service:

March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Dalton May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Cassville May 27. Operations about Ma­rietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia Novemb­er 24-27. 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. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Morehead City, N. C, January 15-Fe­bruary 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 11. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Ben­nett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till May 10. At Charlotte and Greensboro, N. C., till Au­gust 21, and at Raleigh till January, 1866. Mustered out January 8, 1866.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 140 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 168.

 

 

121st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. 9th Indiana Cavalry Regiment

 

 

122nd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization. Enlisted men merged into 120th Regiment Indiana Infantry.

 

 

123rd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Greensburg, Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Ind., December 25, 1863, to March 7, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 18, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Divisi­on, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

 

Service:

March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on Pumpkin Vine 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 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek Au­gust 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. 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. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Cam­paign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 6-8. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C., till August. Mustered out August 25, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 131 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 183.

 

 

124th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. 2ndLt Joseph Taylor *Eldridge (Co. C)

 

Overview:

Organized at Richmond. Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Ind., November, 1863, to March, 1864. Mustered in March 10, 1864. Left State for Louisville, Ky., March 19; thence moved to Nashville, Tenn. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Ca­rolina to August, 1865.

 

Service:

March to Charleston, Tenn., April 5-24. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on

Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Near Rough and Ready August 31. LoveJoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia 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. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Ra­leigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, N. C., till August. Mustered out August 31, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 128 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 155.

 

 

126th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

 

128th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Michigan City, Ind., December 15, 1863, to March 7, 1864. Mustered in March 18, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 23. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Divisi­on, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina to April, 1866.

 

Service:

March to Charleston, Tenn., April 5-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Allatoona Pass June 1-2. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. 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. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 to April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Goldsboro and Raleigh till April, 1866. Mustered out April 10, 1866.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 112 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 144.

 

 

129th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Kendallsville and Michigan City, Ind., December 16, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Mustered in March 1, 1864. Duty at Mi­chigan City till March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 30-April 7. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

 

Service:

March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Cartersville May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine 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 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia 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. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Ra­leigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 9 to August 29. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., August 29, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 189.

 

 

130th Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Kokomo, Ind., December, 1863, to March, 1864. Mustered in March 12, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 16. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina to December, 1865.

 

Service:

March to Charleston, Tenn., April 5-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movement on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on Pumpkin Vine 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 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek Au­gust 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Centreville November 27. 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. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., Ja­nuary 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wi­se's Forks March 6-8. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Ra­leigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 8 to December 2. Muste­red out December 2, 1865.

 

Verluste:

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 36 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 146 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 185.

 

 

131st Regiment Indiana Infantry:

s. 13th Regiment Cavalry

 

 

132nd Regiment Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 18, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee May 18, and assigned to duty as Railroad Guard in Tennessee and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, till September. Duty at Stevenson, Ala., till July, and at Nashville, Tenn., till September. Mustered out September 7, 1864. Lost during service 12 by disease.

 

 

133rd Regiment Indiana Infantry (100 Days, 1864):

s. Pvt. William A. *Baumer (Co. A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 17, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to duty at Bridgeport, Ala., and as Railroad Guard, Dept. of the Cumberland, till September. Mustered out September 5, 1864. Lost during service 17 by disease.

 

 

134th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 25, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to Railroad Guard duty in Tennessee and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, till September, 1864. Mustered out September 2, 1864. Lost during service 32 by disease.

 

 

135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 23, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to duty as Railroad Guard in Tennessee and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, till September. Mustered out September 29, 1864. Lost during service 28 by disease.

 

 

136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 21, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to duty as Railroad Guard in Tennessee and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, till September. Mustered out September 2, 1864. Lost during service 8 by disease.

 

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Documents/Literature:

- Doty, Lockwood R. (ed.): History of Livingston County, New York (Jackson, Mich.: W. J. Van Deusen, Publishers, n.d.)

- McMahon, John T.: Diary of the 136th New York 1861-1864 (White Mane); ed. by John M. Priest; 148 pp; Maps and detailed foot­notes tell the story of this Regiment and its battles at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga and Peach Tree Creek, Bibliothek Ref MilAmerik47

 

 

137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 26, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to duty as Railroad Guard in Tennessee and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, till September, 1864. Mustered out September 21, 1864. Lost during service 17 by disease.

 

 

138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 27, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to Railroad Guard duty in Tennessee and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September. Mustered out September 22, 1864. Lost during service 8 by disease.

 

 

139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864):

s. Pvt John E. *Buehler (Co. D)

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in June 5, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to Railroad Guard duty in Tennes­see and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, till September. Mustered out September 29, 1865. Lost during service 11 by disease.

 

 

140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in October 24, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., November 15; thence moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn. Attached to 1st Brigade, Defences Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Siege of Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 5-12, 1864. Near Murfreesboro December 13-14. March to Columbia December 24-28, thence to Clifton, Tenn., January 2-6, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C.; thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16-February 7. Arrive at Fort Fisher, N. C., February 7. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Gulley's March 31. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till May 6, and at Greensboro till July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 1 Officer and 111 Enlisted men by disease. Total 114.

 

 

141st Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization. Enlisted men transferred to 140th Indiana Infantry.

 

 

142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in November 3, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., November 18. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. Garrison, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Assigned to post duty at Nashville, Tenn., November, 1864, to July, 1865. Battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864. Mustered out July 14, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 1 Enlisted man killed and 70 Enlisted men by disease. Total 72.

 

 

143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in February 21, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., February 24; thence moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and duty there till May 13. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland. Moved to Tullahoma, Tenn., May 13, and duty there till June 26. Garrison duty at Nashville, Clarksville and Fort Donelson, Tenn., till October. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., October 17, 1865.


Regiment lost 1 Enlisted man killed and 92 Enlisted men by disease. Total 93.

 

 

144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 6, 1865. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 9. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah. Duty at Halltown, Charleston, Winchester, Stevenson's Depot and Opequan Creek till August. Mustered out August 5, 1865.


Lost by disease 47 during service.

 

 

145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in February 16, 1865. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 18-21; thence to Chattanooga, Tenn., February 22-23, and to Dalton, Ga., February 23. Skirmishes Spring Place February 27 and April 20. On Railroad Guard duty at Dalton, Marietta and Cuthbert, Ga., till January, 1866. Skirmish near Tunnel Hill March 3, 1865 (Detachment). Mustered out January 21, 1866.

Lost during service 70 Enlisted men by disease.

 

 

146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 9, 1865. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 11. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah. Duty at Charleston, Winchester, Stevenson's Depot, Jordan's Springs and Summit Point till July 27. Ordered to Baltimore, Md., July 27, and assigned to duty in the Military District of Delaware by detachments. Mustered out at Baltimore, Md., August 31, 1865.


Lost during service 31 by disease.

 

 

147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 13, 1865. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 16. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, and guard duty at Charleston, Stevenson's Station and Summit Point, Berryville, Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights till August. Mustered out August 4, 1865.


Lost during service 44 Enlisted men by disease.

 

 

148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in February 25, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., February 28. Duty there and as guard and garrison in District of Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September. Mustered out September 5, 1865.

Lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 34 Enlisted men by disease. Total 36.

 

 

149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 1, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 3; thence moved to Decatur, Ala., and garrison and guard duty there till September. Regiment received the surrender of Generals Roddy and Warren. Mustered out September 27, 1865.


Lost during service 43 by disease.

 

 

150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 9, 1865. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 13. Duty at Charleston, Winchester, Stevenson's Station and Jordan's Springs, Va., till August. Mustered out August 5, 1865. Lost during service 35 by disease.

 

 

151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 3, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 6; thence moved to Tullahoma, Tenn., March 14, and duty there till June 14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., June 14, and garrison duty there till September. Mustered out September 19, 1865.


Lost during service 66 by disease.

 

 

152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 16, 1865. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 18. Duty at Charleston, Stevenson's Station, Summit Point and Clarksburg, W. Va., till August. Mustered out August 30, 1865.


Lost during service 49 by disease.

 

 

153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., March 1, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 5. Stopped at Louisville, Ky., while en route and sent to Russellsville, Ky. Operating against guerillas in vicinity of Russellsville till June. Lyons County April 29 (Detachment). Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 16, and duty at Taylor's Barracks till September. Mustered out September 4, 1865.

Lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and 46 Enlisted men by disease. Total 49.

 

 

154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., April 20, 1865. Left State for Parkersburg, W. Va., April 30; thence moved to Stevenson's Station, Shenandoah Valley, Va., May 2-4. Duty at Stevenson's Station till June 27, and at Opequan Creek till August 4. Mustered out August 4, 1865. 


Lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 40 Enlisted men by disease. Total 41.

 

 

155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis April 18, 1865. Left State for Washington, D. C., April 26. Assigned to Provisional Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps. Moved to Dover, Del., May 3. Duty in Delaware and Maryland by Detachments till August. Mustered out August 4, 1865.

Lost during service 19 by disease.

 

 

156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.

 

Overview:

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., April 12, 1865. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., April 27. Guard and patrol duty at various points in the Shenandoah Valley till August. Mustered out August 4, 1865.

Lost during service 17 by disease.

 

 

157th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

s. 1stLt John A. Barnett (Co. A)

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization.

 

 

158th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Failed to complete organization.

 

 

159th Regiment, Indiana Infantry:

 

Overview:

Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit.

 

 

Bassett's Independent Company, Indiana Infantry (30 days, 1862):

s. Captain Thomas *Basset

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit

 

 

Brown's Independent Company, Indiana Legion (30 days, 1862):

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

Keasby's Independent Company, Indiana Infantry (30 days, 1862):

s. Captain Edward G *Keasby

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

Lamb's Independent Company, Indiana Mounted Scouts:

 

Overview:

Organized at Leavenworth, Kansas, August 13, 1863. Mustered out April 23, 1864.

 

 

Monroe's Independent Company, Indiana Legion (30 days, 1862):

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

Patton's Independent Company, Indiana Infantry (30 days, 1862):

s. Captain John N. *Patton

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

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Permanent Party (Garrison Guard), Indiana:

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

Richardson's Independent Company, Indiana Volunteers (30 days, 1862):

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

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