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| 18th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Flag of the United States, 1865-1867 | |
| Active | August 16, 1861, to August 28, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
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| Indiana U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861–1865 | ||||
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The 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]- The 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 16, 1861.
- Battle of Pea Ridge
- Battle of Port Gibson
- Battle of Champion Hill
- Battle of Big Black River
- Siege of Vicksburg
- Battle of Cedar Creek
- The regiment mustered out of service on August 28, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
[edit]The regiment lost 5 officers and 68 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 1 officers and 130 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 204 fatalities.[1]
Commanders
[edit]- Colonel Thomas Pattison
- Colonel Henry Dana Washburn
See also
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#18th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Sources
[edit]- "18th Regiment Infantry". The Civil War Archives. American Civil War Archive. 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- "Regimental Histories". civilwarindiana.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF) (1st ed.). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. p. 1126. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan (PDF). 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. III. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. p. 120. OCLC 694018100. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Terrell, William Henry Harrison (1869). Condition of the State (pdf). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Vol. I. Indianapolis, IN: A.H. Connor State Printer. pp. 12, 13, 31, 52. OCLC 558004259. Retrieved August 11, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Terrell, William Henry Harrison (1865). Roster of Officers [incl.] Indiana Regiments Sixth to Seventy-Fourth 1861-1865 (pdf). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Vol. II. Indianapolis, IN: W. R. Holloway, State Printer. pp. 145–157. OCLC 558004259. Retrieved August 11, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Terrell, William Henry Harrison (1866). Roster of Enlisted Men [incl.] Indiana Regiments Sixth to Twenty-Ninth 1861-1865 (pdf). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Vol. IV. Indianapolis, IN: Samuel R. Douglas, State Printer. pp. 344–371. OCLC 558004259. Retrieved 2020-04-19. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.