Organized at South Bend, Ind., and mustered in October 21,
1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., thence to Memphis, Tenn. Attached to District
of Louisville, Ky., Dept. Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of
Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps, to
December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army
Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade 4th Division 15th Army Corps, to September,
1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 26,
1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till
June, 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg June
14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Big Black
River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till September
26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September
26-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October
20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November
23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November
27-December 8. At Scottsboro, Ala., December 17, 1863, to May, 1864.
Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's
Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge, February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1
to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle
of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. 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. Brushy Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27.
Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
Nickajack Creek July 6-8, and July 9-10. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of
Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. 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. Reconnoissance from Rome, Ga., on Cave
Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November
15-December 10. Near Statesboro December 4. Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
Columbia, S.C., February 15-17. 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 20. Grand Review May
24. Mustered out June 6, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 45 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 147 Enlisted men by disease. Total 197.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1152-3
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