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词条 48th Indiana Infantry Regiment
释义

  1. Service

  2. Detailed service

  3. Casualties

  4. Commanders

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

  8. References

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| unit_name = 48th Regiment Indiana Infantry
| image = Flag of Indiana.svg
| dates = December 5, 1861, to July 15, 1865
| country = United States
| allegiance = Union
| branch = Infantry
| equipment =
| battles = Siege of Corinth
Battle of Iuka
Second Battle of Corinth
Yazoo Pass Expedition
Battle of Port Gibson (reserves)
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Champion Hill
Siege of Vicksburg, May 19 & May 22 assaults
Chattanooga Campaign
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Sherman's March to the Sea
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Bentonville
}}

The 48th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 48th Indiana Infantry was organized at Goshen, Indiana December 5, 1861, through January 28, 1862, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Norman Eddy.

The regiment was attached to District of Paducah, Kentucky, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, May 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, XVI Corps, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, XVII Corps, to September 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XVII Corps, to December 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XV Corps, to April 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XV Corps, to July 1865.

The 48th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service July 15, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.

Detailed service

This regiment was organized at Goshen in the fall of 1861, and was mustered in Jan. 28, 1862. It left for Fort Donelson on Feb. 1, arriving the day after the surrender. It moved to Paducah thence to the Tennessee River, and participated in the Siege of Corinth. After the evacuation the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, and took part in the pursuit of Price's forces. It was in the Battle of Iuka, losing 116 in killed and wounded; was under Rosecrans in the Second Battle of Corinth in October; then moved to Oxford and back to Memphis, where in Jan., 1863, it was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps. It moved to the rear of Vicksburg in March, participated in engagements at Forty Hills, Raymond, Jackson and Champion's Hill, losing 33 killed and wounded in the last engagement. It was in the trenches before Vicksburg and took part in the assault of May 22, losing 38 in killed and wounded. It moved to Memphis in August, thence to Chattanooga and was engaged at Tunnel Hill. At Huntsville, Ala., it reenlisted as a veteran organization in Jan., 1864, and after enjoying a furlough, returned to Huntsville in March. It moved to Cartersville, GA, in June, hunting guerrillas and protecting railroad communications, and then joined the army at Atlanta. It marched to Savannah with the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Corps, then moved to Beaufort, S. C., participated in the campaign of the Carolinas to Raleigh, and after Johnston's surrender marched to Washington. It was then transferred to Louisville and mustered out July 15, 1865. While at Washington, the 48th received 250 recruits from the 12th, 83rd, 97th and 99th regiments, whose terms had not expired at the time of the muster out of these organizations, and these were discharged with the 48th.[1]

Casualties

The original strength of the regiment was 991; gain by recruits, 603; re-enlistments, 284; total, 1,878. Loss by death, 213; desertion, 96; unaccounted for, 199.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel Norman Eddy - resigned June 1863 due to wounds received at the battle of Iuka
  • Lieutenant Colonel Edward Jesup Wood
  • Captain Newton Bingham - commanded during the Carolinas Campaign

See also

  • List of Indiana Civil War regiments
  • Indiana in the Civil War
{{portal|American Civil War|Indiana}}

References

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
  • Packard, Jasper. Four Years of Camp, March and Battle: An Address Delivered Before Post No. 12, G.A.R., Washington, D.C., March 26th, 1870 (Washington, DC: Gibson Bros.), 1870.
  • Wood, Edward Jesup. A Fierce, Wild Joy: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Edward J. Wood, 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press), 2007. {{ISBN|1-57233-599-8}}
Attribution
  • {{CWR}}

External links

  • 48th Indiana Infantry monument at Vicksburg

References

1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory02madi|title=The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers Vol.3|last=|first=|publisher=Federal Publishing Company|year=1908|isbn=|location=Madison, Wis|pages=}}
{{Indiana in the Civil War}}

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