Organized at Goshen, Ind., December 5, 1861, to January 28,
1862. Left State for Paducah, Ky., February 1, 1862. Attached to District of
Paducah, Ky., to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi,
May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862.
1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to
January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863.
1st Brigade. 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army
Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Duty at Paducah, Ky., till May, 1862. Moved to
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 13-30. Pursuit to
Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek till August 6, and at Jacinto
till September 7. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth
October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to
January, 1863. Reconnoissance from Lagrange November 8-9, 1862. Moved to
Memphis, Tenn., January 10, 1863, and duty there till February. Expedition to
Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers
February 24-April 8. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March
13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 13. Movement on Bruinsburg and
turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Jones'
Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3. Forty Hills and Hankinson's Ferry May
3-4. Battle of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion's Hill May
16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and
22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty at Vicksburg till September 13. Moved
to Helena, Ark., thence to Memphis, Tenn., and march to Chattanooga, Tenn.,
September 13-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in
Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel
Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November
26-27. Duty at Huntsville, Ala., till June, 1864. Reenlisted at Huntsville
January, 1864, and Veterans on furlough February and March. Duty at
Cartersville, Ga., protecting Railroad till October. March to the sea November
15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January
to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5, 1865. North Edisto
River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. West's Cross Roads February 25.
Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House
April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via
Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky.,
June, and there mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 88 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1137-8
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