Regiment organized at Indianapolis, Ind., August 31, 1861.
Left State for St. Louis, Mo., September 7. Attached to Army of the West and
Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1862. Sedalia, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to June,
1862. District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. Missouri, to October, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863.
1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to
July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee,
to August, and Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. District of LaFourche, Dept.
of the Gulf, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps
(New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865. Dept. of
Mississippi to January, 1866.
SERVICE. – Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September
22-November 3, 1861. Duty at Sedalia, Mo., guarding Pacific Railroad till July,
1862. Near Shiloh, Mo., April 11 (Detachment). Moved to Springfield, Mo.
Schofield's campaign and operations In Southwest Missouri till December.
Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Advance on Fayetteville October 11-December
3. March to relief of Gen. Blount December 3-6. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark.,
December 7. At Fayetteville till December 27. Expedition over Boston Mountains
to Van Buren, Ark., December 27-29. Capture of Van Buren December 29. Duty at
various points in Southwest Missouri till June. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss.,
June 3. Siege of Vicksburg June 11-July 4. Expedition to Yazoo City, Miss.,
July 12-21. Capture of Yazoo City July 14. Moved to Port Hudson July 23, thence
to Carrollton, La., August 28. Expedition to Morganza September 5-12.
Atchafalaya River September 9-10. Sterling's Farm September 12. Battle of
Sterling's Farm on Bayou Fordoche, near Morganza, September 29. Mostly
captured. Moved to Carrollton October 10. Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas,
October 27-December 2. Duty at Mustang Island, Brazos Santiago and Brownsville,
Texas, till March, 1864. Regiment veteranize February 1, 1864. Furlough April
and May. Garrison duty at Fort Butler, Donaldsville, La., June, 1864, to March,
1865. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of
Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12.
Duty at Mobile, Ala., Meridian and Macon, Miss., till January, 1866. Mustered
out January 15, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 96 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 265 Enlisted men by disease. Total 364.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1129-30
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