Organized at Anderson, Ind., and mustered in September 16,
1861. Moved to Jeffersonville, Ind., October 10, thence to New Haven, Ky.,
November 15, and duty there till December 14. Moved to Camp Wickliffe, Ky.,
December 14, and duty there till February 7, 1862. Attached to 10th Brigade,
Army of the Ohio, November-December, 1861. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of
the Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to
April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3d Division, Army Mississippi. Garrison at New
Madrid, Mo., to July, 1862. Helena, Ark., District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept.
of Missouri, to November, 1862. 3rd 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 March,
1864. Defences of New Orleans, La., to December, 1864. Brazos, Santiago, Texas,
U.S. Forces, Texas, to June, 1865. Dept. of Texas to February, 1866.
SERVICE. – Moved to Green River, Ky., February 7, 1862,
thence to the Ohio River February 14, and to Cairo, Ill., with Nelson's
Division, Army of the Ohio, February 17-20. Detached from Division and moved to
Commerce, Mo., February 27-March 3. Siege of New Madrid, Mo., March 5-14. Siege
and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Riddell's
Point March 17. Garrison duty at New Madrid, Mo., April 7 to June 14.
Expedition down Mississippi River to Fort Pillow, Tenn., May 19-23
(Detachment). Capture of Fort Pillow June 5 (Detachment). Moved to Memphis,
Tenn., June 14-15. Expedition up White River, Ark., June 26-July 14. Action at
Grand Prairie July 6-7. Near Duvall's Bluff July 7. Aberdeen July 9. Arrived at
Helena July 14, and duty there till April, 1863. Expedition to Arkansas Post
November 16-22, 1862. Ordered to Milliken's Bend, La., April 14. Movement on
Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1.
Fourteen-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. Ordered to New
Orleans, La., August 4, thence to Brashear City September 12. Western Louisiana
Campaign October 3-November 30. Grand Coteau October 19. Carrion Crow Bayou November
3. At New Iberia till December 19. Regiment reenlisted at New Iberia December
15. Moved to Pass Cavallo, Texas, December 23, 1863-January 8, 1864, and duty
there till February 21. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 21, and duty there
till March 20. Veterans on furlough till May. Garrison duty at New Orleans till
December 18. Ordered to Brazos, Santiago, Texas, December 18, and duty there
till June 16, 1865. Expedition from Brazos, Santiago, May 11-14, 1865. Action
at Palmetto Ranch May 12-13, 1865 (last action of the war). White's Ranch May
13. March to Ringgold Barracks, 260 miles up the Rio Grande June 16-28. Duty at
Ringgold Barracks till July 24, and at Brownsville till February, 1866.
Mustered out February 3, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 32 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 204 Enlisted men by disease.
Total, 243.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1132-3
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