Union Regimental Histories
Indiana
Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered
in November 22, 1861. Moved to Henderson, Ky., December. Attached to 13th Brigade, Army of
the Ohio, December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1862.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th
Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. 14th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the
Ohio, to 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, to November,
1863. Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Separate
Brigade, Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Separate Division,
District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Calhoun, Green River, Ky.,
January-February, 1862. Moved to Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 11-12. Investment and
capture of Fort Donelson February 14-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 9-14.
Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on 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. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August
21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. March to Nashville, Tenn.,
October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Lavergne November 23. Advance on
Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and
January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma)
Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the
Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Mission Ridge September 22. Before
Chattanooga September 22-26. Siege of Chattanooga September 26-November 23. Assigned to
Provost duty at Chattanooga November 8. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
Mission Ridge November 25. On Provost duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until September, 1864.
At Tullahoma September 28 to October 2. Return to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 15, and
Provost duty there until September, 1865. Mustered out September 14, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and
76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 9 Officers and 220 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 309.
See 3rd Regiment Cavalry.
Organized at Logansport, Ind., and mustered
in December 11, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky and duty at Camp Wickliffe until February, 1862.
Attached to 19th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, January, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division,
Army of Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to July, 1862. Helena, Ark.,
District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Missouri, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, 13th
Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee,
to August, 1863. and Dept. of the Gulf to July, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District
of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of
Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of Kentucky to September, 1865.
SERVICE.--Ordered to Commerce, Mo., February
16, 1862. Siege of New Madrid, Mo., March 5-14. Siege and capture of Island No. 10,
Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17.
Operations against Fort Pillow April 17-June 5. Capture of Fort Pillow June 5. Occupation
of Memphis, Tenn., June 6. Expedition up White River, Ark., June 10-July 14. St. Charles
June 17. Grand Prairie July 6-7. Duvall's Bluff July 7. Duty at Helena, Ark., until April,
1863. Expedition to Arkansas Post November 16-22, 1862. Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon
Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 5. Operations
against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 11-April 5. Fort Pemberton March 11. Moved to
Milliken's Bend, La., April 12. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.
Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1-14. Mile Creek April 12-13. Battle of Champion's Hill
May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on
Jackson July 4-10. Near Jackson July 9. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to New
Orleans, La., August 10. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick until October.
Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30. Grand Coteau November
3. Moved to New Orleans, La., December 17. Regiment reenlisted January 2, 1864. 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. Alexandria
April 30-May 10. Graham's Plantation May 6. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16.
Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 5. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence home on
Veteran furlough June 12. Expedition down the Ohio River toward Shawneetown, Ill., to
suppress insurrection, and from Mt. Vernon, Ind., into Kentucky against Confederate
Recruiting parties August 16-22. White Oak Springs August 17. Gouger's Lake August 18.
Smith's Mills August 19. Moved to Lexington, Ky., to resist Buckner's invasion of
Kentucky. Burbridge's Expedition to Saltsville, Va., September 17-October 19. Garrison,
Prestonburg and Catlettsburg, Ky., during the Expedition. Return to Lexington and garrison
duty there until September, 1865. Moved to Louisville, Ky., and there mustered out
September 4, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and
66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 191 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 264.
Organized at Anderson and Indianapolis,
Ind., November 2 to December 13, 1861. Left State for Bardstown, Ky., December 13, 1861;
thence moved to Camp Wickliffe, Ky., and duty there until February, 1862. Attached to 19th
Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio,
to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to July, 1863. Helena, Ark., District of
Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Missouri, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 12th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 13th
Division, 13th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, to
July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August,
1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to
July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to December,
1864. 1st Brigade, Reserve Division, Military Division, West Mississippi, to February,
1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division, West Mississippi,
February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division, West
Mississippi, to May, 1865. Dept. of Louisiana to October, 1865.
SERVICE.---Ordered to Commerce, Mo.,
February 14, 1862. New Madrid, Mo., February 24. Siege of New Madrid, Mo., March 5-14.
Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition to
Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Duty at Tiptonville until May 19. Expedition down
Mississippi River to Fort Pillow May 19-23. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., June, and duty there
until July 24. Moved to Helena, Ark., July 24 and duty there until February, 1863. Brown's
Plantation, Miss., August 11, 1862. Expedition to Arkansas Post November 16-21. Expedition
to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February
24-April 8. Fort Pemberton March 11. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March
13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 12. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1. 14-Mile Creek May 12-13.
Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assault 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 10. At Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick
until October. Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty at
New Iberia until December 17. Moved to New Orleans, La., December 17, thence to
Madisonville January 7, 1864, and duty there until March. 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 Crossings, April 23. Alexandria April 30-May 10. Muddy Bayou
May 2-6. Graham's Plantation May 5. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16.
Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 6. Duty at Morganza until September. Expedition
to Clinton August 23-29. At St. Charles, Ark., September 3-October 23. Expedition to
Duvall's Bluff October 23-November 12. Moved to Little Rock, Ark.; thence to Memphis,
Tenn., November 25, and duty there until January, 1865. Expedition to Moscow December
21-31, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans, La., January 1, 1865. Campaign against Mobile and its
Defenses March 17-April 12. Near Spanish Fort March 26. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of
Mobile April 12 to May 26. Moved to New Orleans, La., May 26; thence to Shreveport, La.,
and duty there until October. Mustered out October 23, 1865, and discharged at
Indianapolis, Ind., November 2, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 250 Enlisted men by disease. Total 336.
Organized at Goshen, Ind., December 5, 1861,
to January 28, 1862. Left State for Paducah, Ky., February 1, 1862. Attached to District
of Paducah, Ky., to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, May, 1862.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th
Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), 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.--Duty at Paducah, Ky., until May,
1862. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 13-30. Pursuit to
Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek until August 6, and at Jacinto until
September 7. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit
to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the
Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Reconnaissance from
Lagrange November 8-9, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 10, 1863, and duty there
until February. Expedition to Yazoo Pass 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. Forty Hills and Hankinson's Ferry May 3-4. Battle of Raymond May
12. Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May
18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty at
Vicksburg until September 13. Moved to Helena, Ark., thence to Memphis, Tenn., and 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 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty
at Huntsville, Ala., until June, 1864. Reenlisted at Huntsville January, 1864, and
Veterans on furlough February and March. Duty at Cartersville, Ga., protecting Railroad
until October. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5,
1865. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. West's Cross Roads
February 25. 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 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 88 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267.
Organized at Jeffersonville, Ind., and
mustered in November 21, 1861. Moved to Bardstown, Ky., December 11-13, and duty there
until January 12, 1862. Attached to 12th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, December, 1861. 12th
Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army
of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cumberland Division, District of West
Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing 13th
Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863.
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and
Dept. of the Gulf to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to July,
1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, to February, 1865. Dept. of
Kentucky to September, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Cumberland Ford January
12-February 15, 1862. Flat Lick Ford, Cumberland River, February 14. Skirmishes at Big
Creek Gap and Jacksborough March 14 (Detachment). Reconnaissance toward Cumberland Gap and
skirmishes March 21-23. Duty at Cumberland Ford until June. Cumberland Gap Campaign March
28 to June 18. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 to September 16. Tazewell July 22
(Detachment). Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to the Ohio River September
17-October 3. Expedition to Charleston, W. Va., October 21-November 10. Moved to Memphis,
Tenn., November 10, and duty there until December 20. 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 15; thence to
Milliken's Bend March 8. Operations from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage March 31-April
17. James' Plantation, near New Carthage, April 6 and 8. Dunbar's Plantation, Bayou Vidal,
April 15. Expedition from Perkins' Plantation to Hard Times Landing April 25-29. Phelps'
and Clark's Bayous April 26. Choctaw Bayou on Lake Bruin April 28. Battle of Thompson's
Hill, 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. Near Clinton July 8. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to
New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick until October.
Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30. Moved to New Orleans,
thence to DeCrow's Point, Tex., December 10-14. Duty at Matagorda Island and Indianola
until April, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans April 19, thence to Alexandria April 23. Red
River Campaign April 26-May 22. Action at Graham's Plantation May 5. Retreat to Morganza
May 13-20. Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 6. Duty at Morganza until July. Moved
to New Orleans, thence home on Veteran furlough July and August. Ordered to Lexington,
Ky., and garrison duty there until September 7, 1865. Moved to Louisville, Ky., September
7, and there mustered out September 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and
40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 192 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 236.
Organized at Seymour, Ind., and mustered in
September 12, 1861. Moved to New Albany, Ind., October 25; thence to Bardstown, Ky.,
December 25. Attached to 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862.
Unassigned Railroad Guard, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. District of Louisville,
Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps
(Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, District of Jackson, Tenn.,
16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to August,
1863. True's Brigade, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. Unassigned, 2nd Division, 7th
Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps,
to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade,
3rd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to April, 1865.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to May,
1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Bardstown, Ky., until
February, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 3.
Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until September, 1862. Operations
against Morgan July 4-28. Near Edgefield Junction August 20 (Detachment). Pilot Knob
August 20. Siege of Munfordsville, Ky., September 14-17 (Cos. "A,"
"B," "D," "F" and "H"). Captured September 17.
Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind., and duty there until November. Moved to Jackson,
Tenn., November 1-10. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee December 18, 1862, to
January 3, 1863. Huntington December 29-30. Parker's Cross Roads, near Jackson, December
30. Clarksburg December 30 (Detachment). Red Mound (or Parker's) Cross Roads December 31.
Duty at Jackson, Colliersville and Memphis, Tenn., until August, 1863. Moved to Helena,
Ark., August 28. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock September 1-10. Bayou Fourche and
capture of Little Rock September 10. Garrison duty at Lewisburg, Ark., until March, 1864.
Reenlisted March 2, 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Antoine and Terre
Noir Creek April 2. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Camden April 15. Liberty Post-office April
15-16. Camden April 16-18. Red Mound April 17. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30.
Duty at Little Rock until July. Non-Veterans until December. Veterans absent on furlough
July-August. Duty at Little Rock until January, 1865. Carr's Expedition to Saline River
January 22-February 4. Moved to Mobile Point, Ala., February, 1865. Campaign against
Mobile and its defenses 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.
Whistler's Station April 13. March to Montgomery April 13-22. Consolidated with 52nd
Indiana Infantry May 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and
54 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 158 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 218.
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and
mustered in December 14, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 14; thence to Bardstown,
Ky., and duty there until 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 until
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 until 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 until April. Reconnaissance 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, until April,
1864. Duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until September, 1864, and at Atlanta, Ga., until
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 until March, 1865.
Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville until June. Ordered to New
Orleans, La., June 16; thence to Texas, July. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio until
December. Mustered out at San Antonio December 13, 1865.
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.
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 until 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 until
September. Action near Memphis September 2. Durhamsville September 17. Garrison duty at
Fort Pillow, Tenn., and operations against guerrillas 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., until February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans February 6-17. Campaign
against Mobile and its defenses 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 until July 14. At Tuskeegee until
August 28. Mustered out September 10, 1865.
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.
Organized at New Albany and Indianapolis,
Ind., February 19 to March 6, 1862. Guard prisoners at Indianapolis until 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 until 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 until April. Ordered to Young's
Point, La., thence to Grand Gulf, Miss., and duty there until June 12. Siege of Vicksburg,
Miss., June 15-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17.
Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 15. Duty at Vicksburg until August 15. Ordered to
Natchez, Miss., August 15, and duty there until 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 until 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.
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.
54th
Regiment Infantry (3 Months)
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., May 30 to
June 10, 1862. Duty at Camp Morton, Ind., guarding prisoners until August 17. Ordered to
Kentucky August 17 to repel threatened invasion by Kirby Smith, and duty in Central
Kentucky until September. Skirmish at Shepherdsville, Ky., September 7 (Co.
"C"). Mustered out October 4, 1862.
Regiment lost 2 by disease during service.
54th
Regiment Infantry (1 Year)
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 until October. Western Louisiana,
"Teche" Campaign, October 3-November 30. Moved to New Orleans December 1.
Mustered out December 8, 1863.
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.
Source - "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
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