Organized at Lafayette, Ind., as a
Battalion of 4 Companies, "A," "B," "C,"
"D," February 21, 1862. Duty as prison guard at Lafayette and at Camp
Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., till May. Left State for Washington, D.C., May 27.
Attached to Piatt's Brigade, Sturgis' Command, Defences of Washington, to
August, 1862. Piatt's Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.
SERVICE. – Duty in the defences of
Washington, D. C., till August, 1862. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 16-September 2. Ordered to Indianapolis, Ind., October 3. Completing
organization of Regiment and prison guard at Camp Morton and Indianapolis till
December 25, 1862. Ordered to Shepherdsville, Ky., December 25, and guard duty
along Louisville & Nashville Railroad till January 16, 1864. Operations
against Morgan July 2, 1863. Cummings Ferry July 8. Attached to Railroad Guard,
District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. Unattached, 2nd
Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1863. New Haven, Ky.,
1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. District South Central
Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District Southwest
Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd
Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to
June, 1865.
SERVICE. – At Camp Nelson, Ky.,
January 16 to February 25, 1864. March over mountains to Knoxville, Tenn.,
February 25-March 15; thence moved to Mossy Creek and to Bull's Gap April 1.
Expedition toward Jonesboro and destruction of Tennessee & Virginia Railroad
April 23-28. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on
Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15, Cartersville
May 20. 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. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek
June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Farm June 26-27.
Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4.
Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Isham's Ford July 8. Siege of Atlanta July
22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign
November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November
29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit
of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January
16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January
16-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 12-14. Fort Anderson February
18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign
of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation
of Goldsboro March 24. Gulley's March 31. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston
and his army. At Raleigh till May 5. At Greensboro till June 21. Companies
"A," "B," "C" and "D" mustered out May
3, 1865. Regiment mustered out June 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3
Officers and 53 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 130
Enlisted men by disease. Total 188.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1142-3
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