Indiana provided 195,285 men to the Union Army in 13 regiments and 3 independent companies of cavalry; 1 heavy artillery regiment, 26 light artillery batteries, and 153 regiments of infantry. Most of them fought in the west, but a small number found their way to the Eastern Theater. * I...
First Flag on the Summit: History of the 15th Indiana Civil War RegimentSam Passo
mustered out. It was listed as one of the Top 300 Regiments in William F. Fox's "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War (1861-1865)". It fought in such Hellish battles as Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mtn., Siege of Atlanta, Franklin and ...
1862, and left State for Lexington, Ky., August 18. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 30. Regiment mostly captured, paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind. Reorganizing at Indianapolis until December, 1862. Ordered to Kentucky. Action at Muldraugh's Hill, Ky., December 27,...
History Channel's This Day in History.You can choose from categories such as Wall Street, Automotive, Civil War, Technology and WWII History. Great site to visit daily. Virginia Civil War Newspapers.This is a very impressive attempt to portray 2 neighboring communties in the Shenandoah Valley; ...
A “second wave” of institution building –in the sense of both infrastructure and social institutional structures – began after the Civil War. The Northern IndianaHospital was established in 1888 (Logansport), the Eastern Indiana Hospital in 1890 (Richmond), the Southern Indiana Hospital in ...
All her regiments were officered by volunteer officers. During the war between the States, Oliver P. Morton (later U.S. senator) was the war governor and lent the full force of his strong character to the demand made upon this State, which furnished to the Civil War 208,000 soldiers. ...
During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army as a colonel, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers in 1865. Harrison unsuccessfully ran for governor of Indiana in 1876. The Indiana General Assembly elected Harrison to a six-year term...
This is a post Civil War picture of a band from one of the communities that added to the ranks of the Indiana Brass Band to form the Wildcat Regiment Band. It is certainly possible that the instruments shown are those that were used by the Wildcats. ...
TheIndy Elevenare a professional men’s soccer team that was founded in 2013 and play at the IU Michael A Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium. The team’s name references the 11 players on the field and the 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which served the Union in the Civil War. ...