Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December
11, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky December 13, and duty at Bardstown till February,
1862. Attached to Negley's 7th Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to July,
1862. 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 23rd
Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to
January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to
August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to September, 1865.
SERVICE. – Movement to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March
12, 1862. Duty there till April 5. At Shelbyville till May 10, Negley's
Expedition to Chattanooga, Tenn., May 28-June 15. Chattanooga June 7. Guard
duty along Memphis and Charleston Railroad till August. March to Louisville,
Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon,
Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville,
Tenn., October 22-November 12, and duty there till December 26. Murfreesboro
Pike November 9. Dobbin's Ferry, near Lavergne, December 9. 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. Middle Tennessee or
Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August
16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga
(Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Batale of Chickamauga September 19-20.
Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River
October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Lookout Mountain
November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge,
November 27. Regiment reenlisted at Shellmound, Tenn., December 16, 1863.
Veterans on furlough January and February, 1864. At Blue Springs, Tenn., till
May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Tunnel Hill June 6-7.
Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost
Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. 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. 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. 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. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North
Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December.
Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of
Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December
17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations
in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville, Tenn., till June. Ordered to
New Orleans June 16, thence to Texas, July, and duty there till September.
Mustered out September 30, 1865 Discharged at Indianapolis, Ind., October 23,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 82 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 251.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1133
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