Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September
13, 1861. Ordered to Cheat Mountain, W. Va., September, 1861. Attached to Cheat
Mountain District, West Virginia, to January, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Landers'
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' 2nd
Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps. and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 4th
Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 4th
Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
2nd Brigade. 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, September, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864.
SERVICE. – Duty in Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia,
to December, 1861. Action at Greenbrier October 3-4. Scouting Expedition
through the Kanawha District October 27-November 7. Expedition to Camp Baldwin
December 11-14. Moved to Green Springs Run December 18, and duty there till
March, 1862. Advance on Winchester March 5-13. Middletown March 18. Battle of
Winchester March 22-23. Mt. Jackson March 25. Occupation of Mt. Jackson April
17. March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May
25-30. Burner's Springs, near Front Royal, May 31. Battle of Port Republic June
9. March to Cloud's Mills, near Alexandria, June 10-26, and duty there till
July 24. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 6-September 2. Fords of
the Rappahannock August 21-23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Battles of Groveton
August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of
South Mountain, Md., September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Movement to
Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December
12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27.
Expedition to Martex Creek February 12-14. Chancellorsville Campaign April
27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing
April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June
11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and
Rapidan to October, 1863. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to
the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill
May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on
the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda
Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June
16-September 20. Weldon R. R. August 18-21. Non-Veterans mustered out September
20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 19th Indiana Infantry September
23, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 108 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 111 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 229.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1120
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