Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., for one year's service May,
1861, but reorganized for three years and mustered in June 19, 1861. Left State
for West Virginia July 4. Attached to Rosecrans' Brigade, McClellan's Army of
West Virginia, July 1861. 1st Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to
September, 1861. Reynolds' Cheat Mountain Brigade, West Virginia, to November, 1861·
Milroy's Command, Cheat Mountain District, W. Va., to January, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, Landers' Division, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division,
Banks' 5th Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to July, 1862. Ferry's 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862.
Ferry's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia,
September, 1862. Foster's Provisional Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Army
Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to July,
1863. 1st Brigade, Vogdes' Division, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept.
of the South, to January. 1864. 1st Brigade, Vogdes Division, Folly Island,
S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, to February, 1864. 1st Brigade,
Vogdes' Division, District of Florida, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, to June,
1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to
September, 1865.
SERVICE. – Campaign in West Virginia July 7-17, 1861. Battle
of Rich Mountain July 11. Moved to Beverly July 13, thence to Cheat Mountain
Pass. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Cheat Mountain Pass
September 12. Greenbrier River October 3-4. Scouting Expedition through the
Kanawha District October 29-November 7. Expedition to Camp Baldwin December
11-14. Action at Camp Allegheny December 13. Moved to Green Springs Run
December 18, and duty there till March, 1862. Skirmishes at Bath, Hancock,
Great Cacapon Bridge, Alpine Station and Sir John's Run January 1-4. Advance on
Winchester, Va., March 5-15. Kernstown March 22. Battle of Winchester March 23.
Occupation of Mt. Jackson April 17. Summerville Heights May 7. March to
Fredericksburg May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port
Republic June 9. Moved to the Peninsula, Va., June 29-July 2. At Harrison's
Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe August 16-23, thence to
Suffolk, Va., August 30, and duty there till June 27, 1863. Reconnoissance to
Franklin on the Blackwater October 3, 1862. Franklin October 3. Zuni Minor's
Ford December 12. Expedition toward Blackwater January 8-10, 1863. Action at
Deserted House January 30. Leesville April 4. Siege of Suffolk April 12-May 4.
Edenton, Providence Church and Somerton Roads April 13. Suffolk April 17.
Edenton Road April 24. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Foster's Plantation May
20. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Expedition from White House to
South Anna Bridge July 1-7. South Anna Bridge July 4. Moved to Folly Island,
S.C., July 28-August 3. Siege operations against Fort Wagner, Morris Island and
against Fort Sumpter and Charleston, S.C., till February, 1864. Capture of
Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7, 1863. Stationed at Folly Island October,
1863, to February, 1864. Reenlisted December, 1863. Moved to Jacksonville,
Fla., February 23, 1864, and duty there till April 17. Ordered to Hilton Head,
S.C.; thence to Gloucester Point, Va. Butler's operations on Southside of the
James River and against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., May 4-28. Occupation of
Bermuda Hundred May 5. Port Walthal Junction May 6-7. Swift Creek May 9-10.
Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16.
Bermuda Hundred May 16-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May
28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12; before Petersburg June 15-18.
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to December 6,
1864. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Non-Veterans left front June
19. Mustered out June 24, 1864. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom
August 13-20. Battle of Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Chaffin's Farm, New
Market Heights, September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Detached
duty at New York City during Election of 1864 November 4-17. Expedition to Fort
Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., January
3-15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. 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 various points in North
Carolina till September. Mustered out September 5, 1865. Regiment lost during
service 3 Officers and 104 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2
Officers and 146 Enlisted men by disease. Total 255.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1123-4
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