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The Forty-seventh was organized at Anderson, and was mustered in on October 10, 1862, with James R. Slack, of Huntington, as colonel. All the companies were recruited in the Eleventh Congressional district. On December 13, 1862, the regiment left Indianapolis for Kentucky, where it was assigned to General Wood's division of General Buell's army. It was then in the expedition against New Madrid and was the
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first regiment to enter Fort Thompson. In June it was ordered to Memphis and Colonel Slack was placed in command of the post. A little later it was in the skirmish at Brown's plantation, in Mississippi, and was then stationed at Helena, Arkansas, March, 1863, when it formed part of General Quinby's force in the Yazoo Pass expedition. A few weeks later it joined the army of General Grant for the reduction of Vicksburg. At Champion's Hill, May 16, 1863, the regiment was in the
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thickest of the battle and lost 143 men in killed and wounded. During the siege of Vicksburg which followed it was almost constantly on the firing line. After the surrender of Vicksburg it marched with Sherman to Jackson, Mississippi, to drive out the Confederates under General Johnston, and was soon afterward ordered to Louisiana. There it formed part of General Banks' force for the expedition to the Bayou Teche country, and in the spring of 1864 it took part in the famous Red River expedition. During the summer of 1864 it was in a number
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of engagements in Louisiana. On the last day of that year Colonel Slack was promoted to brigadier-general. Early in 1865 the Forty- seventh moved to Mobile, Alabama, and played a conspicuous part in the reduction of that Confederate stronghold. It then returned to Shreve- port, Louisiana, where it was on duty until October 23, 1865, when it was mustered out. Upon arriving at Indianapolis the regiment was given a cordial reception on November 1st, and the next day the men were discharged.
Twenty-seven Huntington County men served as privates in Com- pany D, Fifty-first Regiment, to wit : Frederick Armstrong, William Bly, Lewis A. Bricklay, Alfred Buckley, Martin V. Buckley, John Chapman, William W. Christy, William W. Cline, Solomon Dill, John H. Duff, Francis D. Foster, Solomon Funderburg, Jacob Goodmiller, John Good- miller, John Gordon, Samuel W. Hamrick, John Hardin, Davis Higgin, Valentine Kirsch, John Lahr, John Parks, John F. Schultz, John W. Shambaugh, Henry J. Smith, Frederick Stetzell, Daniel Stoner, Samuel Straw.
Companies E and H of the Seventy-fifth Infantry were raised in Huntington County. During its term of service David H. Wall and David L. Elliott held the rank of captain in Company E; George W. Goode, Robert B. Beatty and John W. Zehrung served as first lieutenant; and Jacob S. Goshorn, David L. Ellit, Jacob W. Crum, John W. Zehrung and William Keller as second lieutenant. David L. Elliott was first ser- geant at the time the company was mustered in; Abner D. Frame, Henry Wolfe, Enos Allman and Robert B. Beatty, sergeants; George W. Hall- man, David M. Pugh, John Braden, William M. Irwin and Vestal C. Shaw, corporals; William Ware and William Thorpe, musicians, and Martin Hull, wagoner.
Privates-John Barnes, Benjamin B. Barnum, John F. Barton, An- drew Beard, William Beck, Columbus A. Bennett, John Bippus, Jacob D. Black, Orville P. Boyden, Madoria Brineman, Edmund H. Brown, Ed- ward Calhoon, Samuel Cline, Elihu Crandal, Jacob W. Crum, David Eubanks, Joseph H. First, Adam Foust, Jonathan Fonst, Thomas Green- wood, Albert Harrold, Lewis Harrold, William R. Harrold, Israel H. Heaston, Henry Hettinger, Levi Hoover, Charles I. Housman, Sylvester Huff, James Johnson, Joseph F. Johnson, Allen Karnes, William Keller, William C. Lucky, Noah C. Mason, Enoch Miller, Matthew H. Miller, William H. Morgan, John W. Morrison, Stephen H. Myers, George Nevins, William Pasco, David Poorman, David Pressel, George Reaser, John J. Riggs, James N. Risk, Jesse Ruse, Levi S. Sayler, Joseph Shideler, Jacob H. Shull, William Y. Shull, Leander C. Slusser, Ben- jamin Smith, George F. Smith, James M. Smith, Stephen A. Smith,
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James E. Stephens, Morgan Thomas, Henry Trout, James J. Van Fussen, Richard .H. Wearly, Samuel Wells, George M. Whitestine, David D. Whitelock, David S. Whitright, William H. Williams, William N. Wil- liams, Andrew Williamson, David Winders, George N. Wright, John W. Zehrung.
Recruits-William H. Albertson, John Baker, William R. Barton, Henry C. Ford, Benjamin F. Lewis, John S. Shull, Nathaniel F. South.
In Company H of the Seventy-fifth William O. Jones, William Mc- Ginnis and William M. Wilkerson served as captain in the order named. The first lieutenants were William McGinnis, John B. Collins, William M. Wilkerson and William Riley. The second lieutenants were John B. Collins, William M. Wilkerson, William Riley and Sylvester Strock.
William M. Wilkerson was mustered in as first sergeant; William Riley, Edmund B. Hays, Abner A. Kelsey and Atchison Smith, ser- geants ; Sylvester Strock, Peter Mulrine, John Kincaid, John Bunnell, Jonathan L. Wilkerson, Hayman Klingel and Dr. F. Fultz, corporals ; Amos Earlwine and James Liggett, musicians; and Kyle Kaskill, wagoner.
Privates-Wesley Andrews, John Arick, Isaac Barnes, John H. Barnhouse, William Barret, Henry Biggs, James Biggs, Ebenezer Blos- som, George W. Bowles, Henry C. Bowman, Alexander B. Boyd, Benson Buffington, Ball Butler, Clark E. Chambers, John W. Chaney, Nathan Chaney, John Crow, John Deafenbaugher, Michael Dennis, Clark Dewitt, Thomas L. Dewitt, James Douglass, George B. Dowsman, George Dona- hoe, John G. Dyre, Louis R. Fitch, Peter Fullhart, Henry Funk, Andrew Garret, Michael Gas, Robert B. Gatewood, Daniel Gift, Patrick Golden, David Hamilton, Andrew Hatfield, John Hettinger, Ainsley Hixon, Charles Hixon, Linford Hixon, Peter Hosler, Joshua C. Joseph, Valentine Knee, Walter B. Kress, William Koontz, William H. Lengel, Samuel Lig- gett, Uriah J. Loop, John H. Lowenan, James McClure, George E. Miller, John Odrick, Samuel W. Pearson, Benjamin F. Piatt, James A. Rinehart, James Robinett, Christian Rorer, Charles Settlemeyer, Aaron Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Jacob Swain, Henry Thalles, John G. Thompson, John W. Thompson, John Trainer, Thomas Trainer, Francis M. Tumbleson, Edward Vernon, John Vernon, Matthew Waters, Samuel L. Weaver, Leroy Welch, Isaiah Wilkerson, Francis J. Wilson, James J. Youngre, John Zintzmaster.®
In Company H, A. V. Boyd, John Carey, James C. Favorite, Thomas J. Fullum and Abraham T. Gaskill were enrolled as recruits, and Chris- tian Lew and Solomon Pryor were privates in Company K.
The Seventy-fifth was raised in the Eleventh Congressional district, with its rendezvous at Wabash. It was mustered in on August 19, 1862,
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with John U. Pettit as colonel. Abner H. Shaffer, of Huntington County, was assistant regimental surgeon. Two days after the muster- in, the regiment was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and took an active part in the movements incident to Bragg's invasion of that state. In June, 1863, it formed part of General Rosecrans' forces in the Tulla- homa campaign, was actively engaged at Hoover's Gap, and was the first regiment to enter the enemy's works at Tullahoma. Returning to Chattanooga with General Rosecrans, it participated in the battle of Chickamauga on September 19-20, 1863, where it lost 17 killed and 107 wounded. In November following it took part in the battle of Mission- ary Ridge. Early in the spring of 1864 it was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, with which it marched with General Sherman's army against Atlanta. In that campaign it was engaged at Resaca, Adairsville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach- tree Creek and the battles of Atlanta and Jonesboro. In November it moved with the army on the famous "march to the sea," and in Janu- ary, 1865, started from Savannah northward through the Carolinas. After the surrender of General Johnston the Seventy-fifth was ordered to Washington, D. C., where it was mustered out on June 8, 1865, the veterans and recruits being at that time transferred to the Forty- second Regiment, which was mustered out at Louisville on July 21, 1865. Few of the volunteer regiments made a better record than the Seventy-fifth Indiana.
It is a well-known fact that there were a number of Huntington County men in the Eighty-eighth regiment, particularly in Company D, but in the official records they are credited to Allen County. Cyrus E. Briant, of Huntington, was mustered in with the regiment on August 29, 1862, as captain of Company D; was promoted to lieutenant-colonel while the regiment was stationed at Chattanooga, shortly after the bat- tle of Chickamauga, and on March 13, 1865, was brevetted colonel "for · gallant and meritorious services."
The Eighty-eighth was ordered to Kentucky soon after being mus- tered in, to aid in repelling the invasion of General Kirby Smith. It was then attached to the Army of the Cumberland; was engaged at Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma, Elk River, Dug Gap, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and the operations around Chattanooga in the fall of 1863; took part in the Atlanta campaign of 1864; was in the famous "March to the sea;" marched with General Sherman's army up through the Carolinas and on to Washington, D. C., where it was mustered out on June 7, 1865.
The Ninetieth Regiment is better known as the Fifth Indiana Cavalry. Nine Huntington County's men were enrolled in Company A and
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thirteen in Company D. In Company A, Isaac O. Bowman was a ser- geant; George W. Shaffer was a corporal, and the following served as privates : George W. Aldrich, Israel Bowman, Hugh A. Brown, Robert H. Fisher, Tilghman H. Fisher, Robert G. Miller and James A. Sutton. The thirteen men in Company D were privates, viz .: Abel Baker, Alex- ander Baker, Cain Baker, Henry Baker, Jacob Baker, Sr., Jacob Baker, Jr., James Baker, Samuel Baker, John Gaskill, George Middleton, Samuel Richerson, Thomas Ruth and John Stevens.
The Fifth Cavalry was organized in the summer and autumn of 1862 and was mustered in by companies. On December 10, 1862, Felix W. Graham was commissioned colonel. For a time the companies were on detached duty in Kentucky. In March, 1863, they were all at Glasgow, Kentucky, and the regiment spent the spring in scouting, skirmishing with guerillas, etc. In July it joined in the pursuit of General Morgan's raiders and took part in the battle of Buffington's Island. On September 1, 1863, it entered Knoxville with General Burnside and was again assigned to scout and outpost duty, the men almost "living in the saddle." On the 11th of October the regiment encountered about three thousand of the enemy at Bull's Gap and was nearly surrounded, but managed to cut through the enemy's lines and join the brigade. It was with General Stoneman's cavalry in the Atlanta campaign of 1864. After the fall of Atlanta the regiment returned to Kentucky, where it was remounted and was then engaged in Tennessee, pursuing outlaws and bushwhackers until June 16, 1865, when it was mustered out. Com- panies G, L and M, whose time had not expired, were at that time trans- ferred to the Sixth Cavalry, which was mustered out a short time after- ward. During its service the Fifth Cavalry was in twenty-two battles and skirmishes, marched nearly 2,500 miles, captured 640 prisoners, lost 35 killed in action, 91 wounded, 13 of whom died; 514 were captured and of these 115 died in prison.
In the One Hundred and First Regiment Huntington County was represented by a few men in Companies B, F, G, I and K. Alexander Kain, Hugh Kain, Harvey Dilley, Daniel Lattner and Harrison Taylor were privates in Company B; Noah J. Murphy was a corporal in Com- pany F, and in the same company James O. Campbell, Samuel Evington, Shuman Irwin, Joseph J. Ruggles and Hezekiah Smith served as privates ; Lafayette Messler was mustered in as a sergeant in Company G and was afterward promoted to first lieutenant, and Abiga Holloway, William Holloway, Robert F. Lynch, Israel Messler, James A. Miller, John W. Nedrow, Isaac Price, Charles Sloan, Patrick Sloan, Alexander Slonaker, Joseph Whitright, John Winebrenner and Samuel Zink were enrolled as Vol. I-13
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privates ; Joseph A. Ball was a private in Company I, and Hueston M. Jones and Isaac Rogers were privates in Company K.
This regiment was raised in the Eleventh Congressional District and was mustered in on September 7, 1862, with William Garver as colonel. Shortly after that it was sent to Kentucky against Gen. Kirby Smith, of the Confederate army, and afterward followed the guerrilla leader Morgan in his raid.through Kentucky in December. During the latter part of the winter and the spring of 1863 it was engaged in fighting guerrillas in Tennessee and then joined General Rosecrans for the Tulla- homa campaign. In June the regiment was engaged at Hoover's Gap; took part several engagements of the Tullahoma movement; fought in the Battle of Chickamauga in September, and in 1864 marched with Sherman to Atlanta. Later it took part in the march to the sea and the campaign through the Carolinas, after which it was ordered to Louis- ville, where it was mustered out on June 24, 1865. While in the service the regiment marched over 3,500 miles.
Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment was raised in Huntington and Wabash counties. Henry B. Sayler, the first captaîn of the company, was made major of the regiment; First Lieut. Joel Sat- terthwaite was promoted to captain, and Allen C. Simonton became first lieutenant. Jared Barnes and John F. Becker, of Huntington County, were sergeants; Emanuel D. Wise, Oziah C. Ellis, Elam C. Purviance, John M. Purviance, John M. Humphreys and Albert Burris, corporals.
Privates-Eli A. Blount, Ellis Bowman, Patrick Carrig, James Car- son, John Cashman, David Chamness, Elbridge Collins, John H. Conklin, William F. Connell, Jeremiah Dechart, Allen M. Ellis, Abraham Flem- ing, Allen Gibbons, Jesse Horsman, Josephus Hull, George W. Keitt, William D. Large, Joseph F. Leyman, Charles M. Long, Peter Messler, Edward P. Miller, James Miller, John M. Mitten, Simon Mulrine, Alonzo Ort, Nelson Pilcher, Samuel B. Price, Francis M. Purviance, William T. Purviance, Henry C. Rantz, James B. Riggle, William Schmork, John Shult, Henry P. Shultz, Abner Sinclare, Thomas N. Slagle, Andrew Slusser, Samuel Smith, Christian Stuls, Seabury Thorpe, Elihu Turner, Thaddeus J. Tuttle, Abraham Walton, William N. Weese, Isaac Welch, James S. Whiting, Jeremiah Wooster, Elwood M. Wright.
This was a six months' regiment, which was mustered in on Sep- tember 16, 1863, with George W. Jackson as colonel, and soon afterward was ordered to Kentucky. On December 2, 1863, it made a hurried march to Walker's Ford to assist the Union cavalry, which was en- gaged with the enemy and almost out of ammunition. The regiment . covered the retreat of the cavalry, losing one man killed and fourteen wounded. It then remained on duty in Tennesse until about the middle
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of February, when it was ordered to Indianapolis and was there mus- tered out on March 1, 1864.
In Company K of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment, bet- ter known as the Seventh Cavalry, were three Huntington County men, viz. : James M. Cashma, George W. Kitt and James S. Whiting. This regiment was mustered in on October 1, 1863, with John P. C. Shanks as colonel. It served under Generals A. J. Smith and B. H. Grierson in Tennessee and Mississippi, and in 1864 guarded Sherman's line of com- munications while his army moved toward Atlanta. In the fall of that year it was sent to Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of General Price, and later took part in Grierson's raid from Memphis to Vicksburg. Its last service was in Louisiana and Texas, and the regiment was mus- tered out by companies, part of it remaining in service until in Feb- ruary, 1866.
Seven Huntington County men served as privates in Company L of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, which was really the Eleventh Indiana Cavalry. They were Levi Arnold, Thomas Dette- more, Ebenezer Eviston, John Patterson, Joseph Patterson, George Stiles and Samuel Wood. The regiment was organized under the call of September 14, 1863, and was mustered in on March 1, 1864, with Robert R. Stewart as colonel. It was employed in guarding the railroad in General Sherman's rear until after the fall of Atlanta, when it joined General Thomas for the campaign against Hood in Tennessee. It took part in the Battle of Nashville in December, 1864, and followed Hood's retreating army into Alabama. It was then sent to Kansas and was stationed along the Santa Fé route to guard against Indian depreda- tions until mustered out on September 19, 1865.
In the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment Albert A. Mc- Conahay was a private in Company K, and the county was well repre- sented in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry.
Levi Crouse and Levi Smith were privates in Company B of this regiment and Company D was raised in Huntington County. At the time of muster in the commissioned officers were: Joseph W. Purviance, captain ; Aurelius S. Purviance, first lieutenant; Martin V. Record, second lieutenant. Captain Purviance was promoted to major, Aurelius S. Purviance became captain, and Martin V. Record first lieutenant; Francis H. B. Glanton, first sergeant, becoming second lieutenant. Record died while in the service, Glanton was promoted to first lieu- tenant, and Jethro M. Boyd was commissioned second lieutenant.
The non-commissioned officers at the time of muster in were as follows: Francis H. B. Glanton, first sergeant; Jethro M. Boyd, David Berkey, John P. Richards and Bernard Alexander, sergeants; Lewis
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Snyder, Lafayette Sult, George W. Smith, Francis Buchanan, Nathan Cunningham, Samuel Kilander, Israel Shieks and W. F. Swain, cor- porals.
Privates-Samuel S. Anderson, Abraham Baker, James Barton, Abraham Becker, William Berry, Abraham Bitner, Albert Brown, James L. Buchanan, John P. Buchanan, Zebulon Carey, George H. Chaney, Jonathan Chesterman, Henry Clay, Moses Collins, John Delvin, Lewis Derore, Solomon Draper, William T. Dunman, Reason Emry, Richard Fisher, Edward C. Fleming, Charles Free, Henry Free, James Freel, Shadrack Gambell, George W. Groves, George W. Halsey, John Hardinger, John Hayward, Andrew J. Helvey, Henry Hockins, Harri- son Hockensmith, Albert A. Holly, Isaac Hoover, Samuel G. Hoover, Elliott Huff, Israel Kaylor, John Kearns, Washington Kearns, Jacob W. Kenover, Abraham Kimmel, Joseph Kinsey, George A. Klingle, Samuel Little, Benson P. McAnee, Sylvanus Mason, Wesley Morgan, Norman A. Myers, James Nagle, Wesley Nave, Michael C. Portice, Jacob Potts, Simeon Risk, David Ropp, Walter B. Rose, John Rudy, John Sees, Ben- jamin Shideler, John P. Shulz, John Slagle, Henry Stetzol, John M. Smith, Seneca Smith, Alfred H. Souers, Isaiah Souers, James M. Steele, William L. Steele, Solomon Sult, Manuel Swaidner, Isham Swain, Daniel Thorn, Albert Vandolson, Garrette Vandolson, David Walker, John Welch, Daniel Weston, William Winebrenner, Jacob E. Witner, Epsom Goodworth, William Yahne.
Recruits-John C. Graham, Nathan B. Harris, Robert H. Hill, Francis O'Lear, Jacob Ulrich.
In Company E Alonzo Harter, Philip Harter and Philip Swartz served as privates. There were twelve Huntington County men in Com- pany F, to-wit: George Barton, James Barton, Jerome C. Beaver, Jackson A. Bradford, William H. Collins, Samuel Hart, William Oharo, Silas Sands, John Sprowl, William Mc. Sprowl, Sr., William Mc. Sprowl, Jr., Orlando B. Williams. John F. Akers was a private in Company G. .In Company H James S. Purviance was second lieutenant; Stephen F. Grice, sergeant; Isaac Dilley and Joshua Isenberg, corporals, and the following privates: Samuel Cooper, Samuel Ellett, John C. Hart, Marion Holmes, John H. Keefer, James Kendall, Charles P. Ketner, Stanton Larr, John Pritchett, Isaac Shideler, George Smith, Christian Snider. In Company I: Joshua Culver, Joel P. Moslander, William L. Moslander, William V. Presler, Curtis B. Small, William H. Spacy and Benjamin Yaughar were credited to Huntington County.
The One Hundred and Thirtieth was mustered in on March 12, 1864, with Charles S. Parrish as colonel. A few days later it was ordered to Tennessee and performed various duties in that state until in May,
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when it began the march to Atlanta. The regiment received its baptism of fire at Rocky Face Ridge, May 9, 1864, where the men were compli- mented for "conducting themselves like veterans." On the march to Atlanta it was engaged at Resaca, Lost Mountain, Pine Mountain, Kene- saw Mountain and a number of minor skirmishes. It was constantly on duty during the siege of Atlanta, and after the surrender of the city returned to Tennessee with General Thomas. After the defeat of Hood's army at Nashville in December the regiment proceeded via Washington to Fort Fisher, in North Carolina, and a little later joined General Sherman's army for the final movement against Johnston, forcing him to surrender at Goldsboro, North Carolina. The regiment then re- mained on duty in that state until December 2, 1865, when it was mus- tered out at Charlotte and the men returned to their homes.
The One Hundred and Thirty-first was the last cavalry regiment raised in Indiana for the Civil war, and was known as the Thirteenth Indiana Cavalry. It was mustered in on April 29, 1864, with Gilbert M. L. Johnson as colonel. John H. Jones, of Roanoke, and Dr. F. Mor- row, of Mount Etna, were appointed assistant surgeons. Company A was raised in Huntington County. Following is a full list of the commis- sioned officers of the company : Isaac DeLong, David H. Wall and Silas A. Pulse, captains ; David H. Wall, Josiah H. Sabine, Silas A. Pulse and John J. Pribble, first lieutenants ; Josiah H. Sabine, Silas A. Pulse, John J. Pribble and William O. Allen, second lieutenants. DeLong and Wall were both promoted to the rank of major while the regiment was in service.
The other officers of the company were: Silas A. Pulse, first ser- geant (promoted captain) ; Ellis M. Fisher, quartermaster sergeant ; Elijah Mitchell, commissary sergeant; Elhanan W. Martin, William O. Allen, Hiram Brown, Clarke Sheppard, John Slusser, sergeants; Nelson Culver, John F. Wearly, William Alexander, James Gallagher, Plympton Allman, Harrison Eaton, Charles Robbins, Madoria Brineman, cor- porals; Hugh M. Kilander and Otha A. Bradford, buglers; Wesley Fitch and Benjamin F. Gurley, farriers and blacksmiths; Robert Y. Calhoun, saddler; John Stewart, wagoner.
Privates-James L. Adams, Francis J. Anderson, James Barton, Moses Barton, Wesley Beauchamp, Alfred Blake, George W. Brewster, Israel M. Brighton, Jackson Brooks, James F. Brown, John W. Campbell, Abraham L. Conwell, Henry W. Dalrymple, Elijah Ford, John Fuller, Joseph H. Fullhart, James Gaddis, Lafayette Gord, James A. Hamilton, George W. Hardman, Alexander M. Hight, Isaiah Houser, George W. Housman, John Housman, Daniel Irwin, Henry Johnson, John H. Jones, Abraham Kaylor, Harmon Kaylor, James M. Layman, Robert McAlpin,
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John S. McClure, John McNaughton, John Mann, Lewis A. Mellinger, John Miars, Andrew Miller, Daniel Miller, Jacob Miller, William Miller, James Mitchell, George W. Moler, Andrew D. Morrison, Daniel E. Palmer, Albert G. Parker, Jacob W. Parker, Charles W. E. Payne, James Payne, John J. Pribble (promoted first lieutenant), Joseph W. Priddy, John T. Porter, Anderson Rittenhouse, James W. Ruble, John A. Sands, Abraham Shoup, John Sinclair, Alfred Slater, Josephus Snider, Levi Snider, Josiah Souers, William Sutton, Isaiah T. Swarts, George W. Tederick, John Underwood, Johnson W. Ware, John Weber, David W. Whitlock, James Winn, David R. Wolf, John R. Wycoff, Joseph A. Young, Edwin Zell, George Zell.
Recruits-William K. Burris, James Kimberly, Dr. F. Morrow, George Rink.
As above stated, the regiment was mustered into service on April 29, 1864. The next day it departed for Nashville, equipped as an infantry organization, serving as such until the following autumn. In October Companies A, C, D, F and H went to Louisville for horses, but before they received their mounts they were ordered to Paducah to aid in repelling a threatened invasion by Forrest's Cavalry. On the last day of November Companies A, C, D, F, H and I were equipped as cavalry and attached to General Thomas' army at Nashville, Tennessee. The regiment was in numerous engagements while Hood was advancing on Nashville, and took part in the battle before that city on December 15- 16, 1864. After that action the entire regiment was mounted and assigned to the Third Brigade, Seventh Division, Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of Mississippi, Colonel Johnson commanding the brigade. In March, 1865, it proceeded to Mobile and assisted in the capture of that city, after which it joined the raid through Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. It remained on duty until November 18, 1865, when it was mustered out at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Just a week later it was tendered a reception at the state house in Indianapolis, when the men received their final pay and honorable discharge.
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