Organized at
Logansport, Ind., and mustered in December 11, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky and
duty at Camp Wickliffe till February, 1862. Attached to 19th Brigade, Army of
the Ohio, January, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Ohio, to February,
1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to July, 1862. Helena, Ark.,
District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Missouri, to December, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to
January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, to
March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to August, 1863. and
Dept. of the Gulf to July, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of
Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky.,
District of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of
Kentucky to September, 1865.
SERVICE. – Ordered
to Commerce, Mo., February 16, 1862. Siege of New Madrid, Mo., March 5-14.
Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition
to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Operations against Fort Pillow April
17-June 5. Capture of Fort Pillow June 5. Occupation of Memphis, Tenn., June 6.
Expedition up White River, Ark., June 10-July 14. St. Charles June 17. Grand
Prairie July 6-7. Duvall's Bluff July 7. Duty at Helena, Ark., till April,
1863. Expedition to Arkansas Post November 16-22, 1862. Expedition to Yazoo
Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February
24-April 5. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 11-April 5.
Fort Pemberton March 11. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 12. Movement on
Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss.,
May 1-14. Mile Creek April 12-13. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of
Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on
Jackson July 4-10. Near Jackson July 9. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to
New Orleans, La., August 10. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick till
October. Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30.
Grand Coteau November 3. Moved to New Orleans, La., December 17. Regiment
reenlisted January 2, 1864. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from
Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8.
Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing. April 23. Alexandria April 30-May 10.
Graham's Plantation May 6. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16.
Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 5. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence
home on Veteran furlough June 12. Expedition down the Ohio River toward
Shawneetown, Ill., to suppress insurrection, and from Mt. Vernon, Ind., into
Kentucky against Confederate Recruiting parties August 16-22. White Oak Springs
August 17. Gouger's Lake August 18. Smith's Mills August 19. Moved to
Lexington, Ky., to resist Buckner's invasion of Kentucky. Burbridge's
Expedition to Saltsville, Va., September 17-October 19. Garrison, Prestonburg
and Catlettsburg, Ky., during the Expedition. Return to Lexington and garrison
duty there till September, 1865. Moved to Louisville, Ky., and there mustered
out September 4, 1865.
Regiment lost
during service 4 Officers and 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3
Officers and 191 Enlisted men by disease. Total 264.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1136-7
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