Organized as a Battalion of seven Companies at Evansville,
Ind., and mustered in October 1, 1862. Left State for Henderson, Ky., October
10. Attached to District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to August, 1863.
Russellville, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. District of
Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, October, 1863. District of Somerset,
Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch,
Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps,
to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept.
of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – Duty at Henderson, Madisonville and Smithlands,
Ky., till June, 1863. Pursuit of Morgan to Burkesville June 15-23. (Cos.
"H," "G" and "K" organized September, 1863.) Duty
at Russellville till September 25. (Cos. "G," "H" and
"K" joined at Russellville.) Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., September
25. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., Camp Nelson, Ky., and Camp Burnside, Ky., till
January, 1864. At Cumberland Gap January to May, 1864. Wyerman's Mills February
22, 1864 (Co. "A"). Cumberland Gap February 22 (Detachment). March to
Kingston, Ga., May 17-June 3, thence to Ackworth, Ga.. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign
June 8-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June
10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19.
Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Chattahoochie River July 3-17.
Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
October 27 to December 5. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., 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. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30.
Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
December 17-23. Duty 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 11-14. 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. Capture of Goldsboro March
21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's
House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till May 3
and at Salisbury till June 26. Mustered out June 26, 1865. Recruits transferred
to 120th, 124th and 128th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 18 Enlusted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 136.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1151-2
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