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A few days later the regiment started by train for Indian- apolis, where it was royally welcomed by Governor Morton and other state authorities, and, in due time, paid off, discharged and once more. as veterans, having served the country well, went forth as private citizens.
On entering the service the regiment mustered in officers and enlisted men 986, which. with recruits added during service, in- creased total enlistments in the regiment to 1,250 men, out of which 58 were killed in action and many more died from wounds. The regiment also lost heavily from sickness and disease, so that at the date of muster-out only 408 answered to the final roll call, and out of this number 365 were all that were left of the original 986 enlist- ments. The 100th did an honorable part in its service from In- dianapolis, in 1862. to its muster-out, in 1865.
The regiment lost during its term of service 2 officers and 56 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded. and 3 officers and 173 enlisted men by disease; total. 234.
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Monument of First Battery Light Artillery
(Monument Tablet Inscription.)
14th DIVISION 13th CORPS
1st BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY
Captain MARTIN KLAUS
Engaged: Port Gibson, May I; Champion's Hill, May 16; Big Black River Bridge, May 17; Assault, May 22; Siege, May 23-July 4. Casualties: Killed 2, wounded 1, total 3.
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FIRST BATTERY, LIGIIT ARTILLERY, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
The 1st Indiana Battery, better known in the service as "Klaus' Battery," was organized at Evansville, and mustered into service August 16, 1861, with Martin Klaus, captain.
F. Arnold Schrauder
1st Lieutenant.
John Louis Bittrolff.
1st Lieutenant.
John Rothengatter
2d Lieutenant.
Casher Tomhemelt.
2d Lieutenant.
The organization was composed chiefly of an independent com- pany of artillery that had done duty at Evansville a few months previous. Soon after its muster the battery moved to St. Louis and was assigned to the army of General Fremont. In September, the battery moved with the army to Springfield, Missouri, and later the movement was abandoned and the army withdrawn from south- west Missouri. In December of 1861 the battery was a part of the expedition of the Blackwater, in Missouri, and in action assisted in the capture of a large number of the enemy on this stream. On the 29th of January, 1862, Klaus' Battery moved with the division of Gen. Jeff. C. Davis in pursuit of the enemy under General Price, who was then located in the vicinity of Springfield. The enemy was encountered in force and driven four days with constant skir- mishing, but having retreated into the hills of Arkansas, further pursuit was abandoned.
Early in March a general movement was made by all divisions of the army in opposition to the forces of the enemy under General Van Dorn, then moving north with a large Confederate army.
On March 6th the enemy was encountered near Leetown and a severe battle resulted. On the 7th an engagement was fought at Elkhorn Tavern, and on March 8th the whole force of the enemy was encountered at Pea Ridge and decisively defeated.
Klaus' Battery rendered efficient service in all these engage- ments, closing with Pea Ridge.
The 1st Battery then encamped for some weeks at Cross Tim- bers, Arkansas, and then participated in the spring campaigns in Arkansas and southern Missouri.
In July the battery was ordered to Helena, Arkansas, where it arrived on the 13th of the month. In October the battery moved to Ironton, Missouri, and from thence through southeastern Mis- souri. During these severe campaigns in Arkansas and Missouri the 1st Battery had marched 3,600 miles.
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On March 14, 1863, the 1st Battery embarked on steamer at St. Genevieve, Missouri, and moved to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, where it arrived on the 25th, and was assigned to the 2d Brigade, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps.
On April 12th orders were received by this battery to join in the general movement of the army through the country to a point southward on the west bank of the Mississippi River, far below the batteries and guns of the enemy's fortifications of Vicksburg, on the east side of the river. In due time the battery arrived on the west side of the river, opposite Bruinsburg, Mississippi, and, after being transported across the river by boats that had run the batteries of the enemy at Vieksburg and Grand Gulf, set out imme- diately on forced march to join in the attack and battle of Magnolia Hills, or better known as Port Gibson. The enemy was encountered during the night of April 30th, and on the day following, May 1st, the battle was fought during the whole day and the enemy de- feated.
During this engagement the battery was continually engaged, losing one man killed, four wounded and six horses killed. May 2d it passed through Port Gibson and continued in the forward move- ment until arrival at a crossing of Black River, which the battery was ordered to hold and guard, with other troops, during the battle of Raymond.
On May 16th the battery was engaged in the battle of Cham- pion's Hill, in which the enemy was defeated, and on the 17th was in pursuit of the enemy, and, coming up with their rear at Black River Bridge, a lively engagement occurred, resulting in the cap- ture of hundreds of prisoners and seventeen pieces of artillery. In this engagement the battery lost one man killed.
On the 18th of May the battery continued with the Union army in pursuit of the enemy to the line of his defenses at Vicksburg, and during the night of the 19th was permanently stationed in posi- tion on the Union line, to the right of the Baldwin's Ferry road, and remained in this position during the siege.
The loss of the battery during the siege was light-only one man killed, and several wounded, but none seriously.
After the surrender of Vicksburg the battery was ordered to join in the movement on the 5th of July against Johnston's army, which during the siege had been harassing the rear of the Union army. Johnston, finding it useless to withstand the attacks of the victorious Union army, immediately began a retreat from the Big
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Black River to Jackson, Mississippi, to where he was pursued vig- orously, and withstood a siege until the 17th, when the Confeder- ates evacuated the city, and the Union army immediately took pos- session. The battery then took up its return march to Vicksburg, arriving there on the 24th of July.
In August the 1st Battery was ordered to New Orleans by boat and from thence to Brashear City, Louisiana, on September 5th, and soon thereafter joined the expedition under General Franklin for the Upper Teche country, in western Louisiana, passing through Franklin, New Iberia, Vermilion, etc.
This campaign not meeting with desired results, the troops were ordered back to Brashear City. and the battery to Donaldsville, Louisiana, where it remained during the holidays and again arrived January 8, 1864, in New Orleans.
In March, 1864, the 1st Battery moved with General Banks' army on the Red River campaign, and in this expedition took part in the battles of Yellow Bayou, Cane Hill and Sabine Cross Roads. In the Sabine Cross Roads battle, the battery lost four guns and equipment. It was then attached to the 16th Army Corps, and was daily engaged in resisting the enemy until it reached Morganza. when it was again assigned to its old place in the 13th Army Corps.
On the 20th of June, 1864, Captain Klaus resigned and First Lieut. Lawrence Jacoby was promoted captain. A number of men re-enlisted as veterans while stationed at New Orleans. In the fall of 1864 the non-veteran portion of the battery severed connection with the organization and proceeded to Indianapolis, where they were mustered out of the service.
In March, 1865, the 1st Battery was again assigned to the 16th Army Corps and took an active part in the siege and capture of Spanish Fort, Alabama.
After the surrender of Mobile, the 1st Battery moved to Mont- gomery, Alabama, and was stationed at that place until ordered to Indianapolis to be mustered out.
It arrived at Indianapolis on the 17th of August, 1865, with three officers and 102 enlisted men, and, after a reception by the state officials, was paid off in full, and mustered out of the service August 22, 1865.
The battery lost during service 3 enlisted men killed and mor- tally wounded, and 1 officer and 31 enlisted men by disease ; total, 35.
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Monument of Sixth Battery Light Artillery.
(Monument Tablet Inscription.)
1st DIVISION 16th CORPS
6th BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY
Captain MICHAEL MUELLER
Served on the Exterior line in the vicinity of Haynes' Bluff and at Oak Ridge from about June 12 to the end of the Siege, July 4.
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SIXTH BATTERY, LIGHT ARTILLERY, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
The 6th Battery was recruited at Evansville and mustered into the United States service at Indianapolis, September 7, 1861, with
Frederick Behr
Captain.
Charles Adelmann
1st Lieutenant.
William Mussman
1st Lieutenant.
Michael Mueller
2d Lieutenant.
Lewis Kern
2d Lieutenant.
On the 2d of October the battery proceeded by rail, via Evans- ville, to Henderson, Kentucky. From Henderson the battery was on duty campaigning with the troops in northern Kentucky during the winter of 1861 and 1862, and in the spring joined General Sherman's command at Paducah.
Mareh 4th the 6th Battery moved, with Sherman's Division, up the Tennessee River by boat and disembarked at Pittsburg Landing, and was stationed to guard the bridge over Owl Creek in the Purdy road, on the extreme right of the army, and was in that position on the morning of the 6th of April, when the battle of Shiloh opened.
For over two hours, at the beginning of the battle, the battery held its position, supported by McDowell's Brigade, but eventually was foreed back by strong columns of the enemy. While the bat- tery was retiring, General Sherman met it at the intersection of the Corinth road and gave orders to Captain Behr to bring his guns into battery. The captain had hardly given the order when he was struck by a musket ball and fell from his horse, fatally wounded. The death of the captain eaused confusion, and the enemy, pressing forward, captured most of the guns and killed sixty-eight horses.
After the battle, the battery, being supplied with new guns, took a prominent part in the siege of Corinth, in an advanced posi- tion on the line, which it, held until the evaenation of this place by the Confederate forees.
The battery then moved with General Sherman's troops to Holly Springs, where it had a sharp engagement, driving the enemy from the town. From thence, in June, it moved to Memphis and was stationed in Fort Pickering until the 26th of November, 1862, and after this date was on an expedition in western Tennessee until June, 1863, when it returned to Memphis, and, embarking on a steamer, moved down the Mississippi River to Vieksburg, where it
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was stationed on the line of the Union approaches and was attached to the 1st Division of the 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
After the surrender of Vicksburg, the battery moved with Sher- man's column in pursuit of the Confederate General Joe Johnston's army. After having quite an engagement with the enemy at Big Black River, it moved on to Jackson, Mississippi, with the army, where it was engaged in the siege of that place until its evacuation in the night by the Confederate forces, who escaped across Pearl River, retreating eastward toward Meridian, Mississippi.
After the expedition the battery moved to Oak Ridge, Missis- sippi, where, after being attached to the 3d Brigade, 3d Division of the 15th Army Corps, it finally settled down for rest in camp at Bear Creek, Mississippi.
Moving with General MePherson's command, the battery en- gaged in an expedition to Brownsville, Mississippi, and then, re- turning to Vicksburg, embarked on boats, November 7, 1863, for Memphis, and from thence to Pocahontas, Tennessee, and went into eamp.
At this place, January 1, 1864, a majority of the battery re- enlisted and soon after removed to Memphis, and there embarking on boats, returned to Vicksburg and marched to Black River Bridge, where it remained until March, 1864, when it was again ordered to Vicksburg, and marched from thence to Memphis. In May it marched with the command of General Sturgis, engaging in the battle of Gun Town, having three men wounded and ten horses killed in this engagement.
On the 14th of July the 6th Battery was engaged in the battle of Tupelo, Mississippi, losing one man killed and seven wounded. It then moved with the command of Gen. A. J. Smith to Oxford, Mississippi, and from thence returned to Memphis on August 31, 1864, and was assigned to duty as a regular post battery, occupy- ing Fort Pickering.
It was ordered to Indianapolis to be mustered out, arriving July 15th, with two commissioned officers and forty-eight enlisted men. It was present at a reception in the state house grove on the 17th, and was welcomed by Governor Morton.
The 6th Battery was mustered out July 22, 1865.
The battery lost during service 1 officer and 1 enlisted man killed, and 15 enlisted men by disease. Total, 17.
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Monument of Co. C., First Cavalry.
(Monument Tablet Inscription.)
12th DIVISION 13th CORPS
COMPANY C
Ist CAVALRY
Captain WILLIAM MCREYNOLDS
Escort at Division Headquarters during campaign and seige.
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COMPANY C, FIRST CAVALRY (28th) REGIMENT INDIANA. VOLUNTEERS.
Following instructions of the War Department, orders were issued on June 10, 1861, for the organization of a cavalry regiment in the Ohio River counties, the companies to rendezvous at Evans- ville and Madison. Eight of these companies were encamped at Evansville and were mustered in as the 1st Cavalry, August 20, 1861, with Conrad Baker as colonel. The Madison companies were assigned to another regiment.
Company C was recruited from Posey County, and was com- manded by the following officers :
John K. Highman
Captain.
Josiah Forth.
1st Lieutenant.
Julian D. Owen
2d Lieutenant.
It was assigned to the 1st, following the fortunes of this regi- ment until detached in February, 1863.
With the regiment, Company C left Evansville August 21st, and proceeded to St. Louis. On arrival it was at once ordered to Iron- ton, Missouri, where it almost immediately entered into real war- fare, for, on September 12th, a detachment was engaged in a skir- mish with a party of Confederates on Black River, the enemy losing several in killed, wounded and captured.
Shortly thereafter, in October, the regiment was ordered to duty near Pilot Knob. It was while campaigning in this vicinity that the regiment participated in the battle of Fredericktown, on Octo- ber 21st, and in a charge, which turned the tide of the battle, com- pletely routed the enemy. In this engagement Lieutenant-Colonel Gavitt, who had that day been promoted from major, and Captain Highman, Company C, were killed. Lieut. Josiah Forth, Company C, was promoted to major, in line of promotion, and Second Lieut. Julian D. Owen was made captain of Company C.
The regiment remained in the vicinity of Ironton, campaigning and making short expeditions until February, 1862. when it was moved into Arkansas, and in May was attached to the Army of Southwest Missouri, Gen. S. R. Curtis; 1st Division, Gen. Frederick Steele. With the regiment, Company C engaged in a skirmish with the enemy at Litchfield on May 2d, and at Eleven Points, Mis- souri, on June 1st.
The regiment campaigned in this neighborhood in June, and on the 26th started the march to Helena, Arkansas. En route it par- ticipated in the battle of Round Hill, the 7th of July, 1862.
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On arrival at Helena the regiment was assigned to the District of Eastern Arkansas, Department of the Missouri. While with this army, the Ist Cavalry marched with expeditions to Clarendon in August ; to Lawrenceville in September ; to Moro and Arkansas Post in November, and went to Grenada, Mississippi, in the latter part of the same month, passing en route Tallahatchie River, Mitchell's Cross Roads and Oakland.
Other expeditions to Coldwater and Yazoo Pass, in February. mark the departure of Company C from the regiment. At this time the company was commanded by William W. McReynolds, captain ; James L. Carey, first lieutenant, and Charles H. Randolph, second lieutenant. It was detached and attached to the 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, and assigned as escort at Gen- eral Hovey's headquarters.
General Grant was now moving towards Vicksburg, and Com- pany C saw much service, accompanying the division in many of the important engagements, viz .: Marched with the Yazoo Pass ex- pedition, February 24, 1863. Returning from there in April, it moved to Milliken's Bend on the 12th. Advance on Bruinsburg and Grand Gulf. April 25-30: Port Gibson, May 1; Fourteen-Mile Creek, May 12 and 13; Champion's Hill, May 16; campaign and siege, May 18-July 4.
After the surrender of Vicksburg the company was in the ad- vance on Jackson, and was stationed there during the siege.
In August it was ordered to New Orleans, and from thence went into the western Louisiana "Teche" campaign. After this, Com- pany C was in the defenses at New Orleans until August, 1864, when it rejoined its regiment at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. In the lat- ter part of that month the regiment was ordered home. Leaving behind the recruits of the regiment, who were organized into a sub- sidiary battalion, the 1st Cavalry departed for Indianapolis, ar- rived there on the 6th of September, 1864, and was mustered out of the service on the 12th of that month,
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CAPTAL ALILOR,
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Monument of Co. C., Fourth Cavalry.
(Monument Tablet Inscription. )
10th DIVISION 13th CORPS
COMPANY C 4th CAVALRY
Captain JOSEPH P. LESLIE.
Captain ANDREW P. GALLAGHER
Escort at Division Headquarters during Campaign and Siege.
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COMPANY C, FOURTH CAVALRY (77th) REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
The 4th Cavalry (77th) Regiment, of which Company C was a part, was organized at Indianapolis on the 22d of August, 1862, with Isaac P. Gray as colonel. On the completion of its organiza- tion the aspect of affairs in Kentucky was so threatening that the regiment was divided, four companies being sent under command of Maj. John A. Platter to Henderson, Kentucky, and the remain- ing companies to Louisville, from whence they were ordered into the interior, where they were joined by Colonel Gray.
The battalion, under command of Major Platter, had a skirmish with the enemy at Madisonville, Kentucky, on the 26th of August, and again at Mount Washington, on the 1st of October, in which a number were killed and wounded. On the 5th of October it en- gaged the rebels at Madisonville, suffering some loss. In the spring of 1863 this battalion joined the other companies, and after this the regiment served together until December, 1862, when Company C became the escort of Gen. A. J. Smith, commanding 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
The officers of the company at this time were:
Joseph P. Leslie.
Captain.
Amos F. Leamon 1st Lieutenant.
Andrew P. Gallagher 2d Lieutenant.
From December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863, Company C was with General Sherman's army in the Yazoo expedition. During this time the company engaged in the actions at Chickasaw Bayou and Bluff, December 26-29. Marching with the command the com- pany participated in the engagement at Arkansas Post, which re- sulted in the capture of Fort Hindman.
Company C moved to Young's Point, Louisiana, and was on duty there and at Milliken's Bend until April. While here Cap- tain Leslie was promoted major, being succeeded by Second Lieut. A. P. Gallagher. It participated in the movement on Bruinsburg, April 25th to 30th. It was actively engaged in the events leading up to the surrender of Vicksburg; being engaged at Port Gibson, May 1st; Champion's Hill, May 16th, and in the siege until Gen- eral Pemberton accepted the terms of surrender on July 4th.
Leaving Vicksburg Company C advanced with the army on Jackson, where it was engaged until the evacuation. It moved to New Orleans in August, and was engaged in the western Louisiana
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campaign in October and November, participating in actions at Opelousas, October 20th and 21st, and at Grand Coteau, Novem- ber 3d.
Returning to New Orleans, the company was engaged in the defenses there until September, 1864, when it rejoined the regi- ment. With the regiment, Company C was engaged against the enemy at Columbia, Tennessee, in October.
In November it was stationed near Louisville, serving with the 2d Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi. In January, 1865, it was in the vicinity of Nashville, and in the following month at Waterloo, Alabama. Moving into Alabama with General Wilson's forees, it participated in the active campaign in that State and Georgia, en- gaging in the battles of Plantersville and Selma. Leaving Maeon. Georgia, in May, it reached Nashville and went into the provisional cavalry camp at Edgefield, where it remained until mustered out of serviee on the 29th of June, 1865. After its muster out the regi- ment remained at Nashville a few days until it was finally dis- charged and paid, when the organization was broken up, and the officers and men returned to their respective homes without coming to the state capital in a body.
Company C lost during service 20 enlisted men by disease. To- tal, 20.
Indiana Regimental Marker.
Fifty-three of these have been erected, marking camp sites, sharpshooters' lines and advanced positions on May 19 and 22, 1863.
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DESIGNATION, ORGANIZATION AND CASUALTIES OF INDIANA COMMANDS ENGAGED IN THE CAMPAIGN AND SIEGE OF VICKSBURG, MARCH 29-JULY 4, 1863.
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REMARKS
COMMAND.
Brigade.
Division.
Corps.
Killed.
Wounded.
Missing.
Total.
8th Infantry.
1st
14th
13th
27
133
1
161
11th Infantry .
1st
1st
16th
12th Infantry .
Ist
10th
13th
3
22
25
16th Infantry.
1st
14th
13th
26
103
1
130
18th Infantry.
1st
3d
17th
31
157
24
212
23d Infantry.
Ist
12th
13th
32
184
8
224
24th Infantry .
ist
Herron's
34th Infantry.
1st
12th
13th
14
106
46th Infantry .
Ist
12th
13th
28
97
3
128
47th Infantry.
2d
12th
13th
37
111
18
166
48th Infantry .
1st
9th
13th
10
52
2
64
49th Infantry ..
2d
4th
16th
53d Infantry.
2d
9th
13th
54th Infantry .
1st
7th
17th
13
113
1
127
59th Infantry. .
1st
10th
13th
60th Infantry.
1st
10th
13th
6
35
41
69th Infantry.
1st
9th
13th
16
72
7
95
2 officers killed or mortally wounded.
2 officers killed or mortally wounded.
2d
2d
15th
83d Infantry.
1st
3d
15th
93d Infantry.
3d
1st
16th
97th Infantry.
3d
1st
16th
99th Infantry.
No loss reported.
100th Infantry.
Co. C. Escort Division Headquarters.
Ist Cavalry.
Co. C. Escort Division Headquarters.
4th Cavalry .
14th
13th
2
1
Ist Battery.
1st
15th
6th Battery
304
1,482
80
1,866
22 officers killed or mortally wounded.
Totals.
3 officers killed or mortally wounded. No loss reported.
2 officers killed or mortally wounded. 3 officers killed or mortally wounded. 4 officers killed or mortally wounded. No loss reported.
1 officer killed or mortally wounded. 2 officers killed or mortally wounded. 2 officers killed or mortally wounded.
Transferred to 3d Brigade, June 22. No loss reported. No loss reported. 1 officer killed or mortally wounded. No loss reported.
67th Infantry.
10
56
66
6
20
26
No loss reported. No loss reported.
1st
1st
16th
12th
13th
10th
13th
3
No loss reported.
INDIANA CASUALTIES.
CASUALTIES.
ORGANIZATION.
86
Ist
7th
17th
14
71
1
192
1st
12th
13th
29
149
14
26th Infantry.
120
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Report of the Commission.
ACT AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSION.
The Sixty-third General Assembly passed the following act. which was introduced by Senator Fortune, January 14, 1903, and approved by Governor Durbin, March 9, 1903 :
AN ACT authorizing the appointment of a commission to ascertain and exactly determine the positions of Indiana troops in the siege of Vicks- burg and to make an appropriation to pay the necessary traveling ex- penses of the members of the commission.
(S. 107. Approved March 9, 1903.)
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the Governor of the State be, and is hereby author- ized to appoint a commission consisting of five members, being members from Indiana organizations participating in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg. Each member of the said commission shall have served with honor in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, in some organization which participated in said siege and shall serve on the commission without pay except as to necessary traveling ex- penses, and said commission shall have the power to appoint a sec- retary, who shall receive the same amount of expenses as any one member of said commission.
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