Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 24,
1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 28, thence moved to New Haven,
Ky., and to Camp Nevin, Ky., and duty there till December 9. Picketing south
side of Green River and protecting working parties. Action at Rowlett's
Station, Woodsonville, December 17. Regiment specially complimented by General
Buell for its gallantry. At Munfordsville, Ky., till February, 1862. Attached
to Johnson's Brigade, McCook's Command at Nolin, Ky., October-November, 1861.
6th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division,
Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps,
Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th
Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to October, 1864. Post of Chattanooga,
Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Separate
Division, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to
December, 1865.
SERVICE. – March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville,
Tenn., February 10-March 3, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-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. March to Louisville, Ky.,
in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky
October 1-15. Chesser's Store October 9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October
16-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro
December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3,
1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Reconnoissance from Murfreesboro March
6-7. Christiana and Middleton March 6. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign
June 22-July 7. Liberty Gap June 22-24, and June 24-27. Occupation of Middle
Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee
River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of
Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November
23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit
to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November
28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May
8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May
17. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of
Pumpkin Vine Creek, and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona
Hills, May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and
against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain
June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground,
July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
(Non-Veterans ordered home July, participated in expedition from Mt. Vernon,
Ind., into Kentucky, August 16-22. Skirmishes at White Oak Springs August 17.
Gouger's Lake August 18. Smith's Mills August 19. Mustered out September 7,
1864.) Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August
25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September
2-6. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies, and
ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 6. Duty there till June, 1865. Ordered
to New Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Texas, July. Duty at Green Lake and San
Antonio till December. Mustered out December 4, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 174 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 96 Enlisted men by disease. Total
268.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1131-2
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