Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., August 31, 1861. Moved to
Paducah, Ky., September 6, and duty there till February 5, 1862. Attached to
5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee, February, 1862. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Helena, Ark., District of
East Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February,
1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and
Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, to
August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the
Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to January, 1865. 2nd Separate Brigade,
8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Operations against Forts Henry and Heiman, Tenn.,
February 2-6, 1862. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February
12-16. Expedition to Clarksville, Tenn., February 19-21. Expedition toward
Purdy and operations about Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 9-14. Battle of
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May
30. Occupation of Corinth and pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 3. March to
Memphis, Tenn., June 3-20, and duty there till July 24. Ordered to Helena,
Ark., July 24, and duty there till April, 1863. Expedition from Helena to
Arkansas Post, Ark., November 16-21, 1862. Expedition from Helena to Grenada,
Miss., November 27-December 5. Tallahatchie November 30. Mitchell's Cross Roads
December 1. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 14. Movement on Bruinsburg and
turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. 14-Mile Creek May
12-13. 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. Duty at Vicksburg till August 6. Ordered to New
Orleans, La., August 6; thence to Brasher City, and duty there till October.
Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Bayou Cortableau October 21.
Carrion Crow Bayou November 3. Regiment Veteranize January 1, 1864. Veterans on
furlough March 4 to May 8. Duty in District of LaFourche and Defences of New
Orleans, La., till May. At New Orleans, La., till July 19. Ordered to
Washington, D. C., July 19. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August
7-November 28. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Woodstock September 23. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Battle of
Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till January, 1865. Duty
at Fort Marshall, Baltimore, Md., January 7 to July 26, 1865. Mustered out July
26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 114 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 288.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1122
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