History of the 6th Indiana
Organization:
Indiana's First Regiment in Civil War
Attached to 1st Brigade, McCook's command, at Nolin, Ky. Oct-Nov 1861
4th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, Nov-Dec 1861
4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, Dec 1861-Sep 1862
4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, Sep 1862-Nov 1862
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Nov 1862-Jan 1863
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Jan 1863-Oct 1863
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Oct 1863-Sep 1864
Service and Battles
Regiment organized at Madison, Ind., and mustered in Sep 20, 1861.
Ordered to Louisville, Ky., Sep 20.
Duty at Muldraugh Hill till Oct 14.
Moved to Nolin River, Ky., Duty at Bacon Creek and Green River till Feb 1862.
Marched to Nashville, Tenn., Feb 14-Mar 3, 1862.
March to Duck River, thence to Savannah, Tenn., Mar 16-Apr 6th.
BATTLE of Shiloh, Tenn., Apr 6-7.
Advance on and SIEGE of Corinth, Miss., Apr 29-May 30.
Duty at Corinth till June 10. March to Iuka, Miss., thence to Tuscumbia, Florence, Huntsville and Stevenson, Ala., Jun 10-July 5.
Expedition to Tullahoma Jul 14-18.
March to Pelham July 24, thence to Altamont Aug 28.
Reconnoissance toward Sequatchie Valley Aug 29-30.
March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, Aug 30-Sep 26.
Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky Oct 1-15.
March to Nashville, Tenn., Oct 16-Nov 7, and duty there till Dec 26.
Advance on Murfreesboro Dec 26-30.
BATTLE of Stone's River Dec 30-31, 1862, and Jan 1-3, 1863.
Duty at Murfreesboro till Jun.
Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign Jun 23-Jul 7.
Liberty Gap Jun 24-27. (Guard Ammunition Trains through Liberty Gap.)
Occupation of Middle Tennessee till Aug 16.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign Aug16- Sep 22.
BATTLE of Chickamauga Sep 19-20, 1863.
SIEGE of Chattanooga, Tenn., Sep 24- Nov 23.
Reopening Tennessee River Oct 26-29.
Brown's Ferry Oct 27.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign Nov 23-27.
Orchard Knob Nov 23-24.
Missionary Ridge Nov 25.
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., Nov 28-Dec 8.
Operations in East Tennessee Dec 1863-Apr 1864.
Atlanta Campaign May 1-Aig 22.
Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13.
BATTLE of Resaca May 14-15.
Adairsville May 17.
Near Kingston May 18-19.
Near Cassville May 19.
Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-Jun 5.
Pickett's Mills May 27.
Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground Jul 4.
Chattahoochie River Jul 5- 17.
Pace's Ferry Jul 5.
Peach Tree Creek Jul 19-20.
SIEGE of Atlanta Jul 22- Aug 22.
Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug 22.
Mustered out Sep 22, 1864. Expiration of term. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 68th Indiana Infantry.
The 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 116 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 140 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267.
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