The 128th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 128th Indiana Infantry was organized at
Michigan City,
Indiana
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for three-years service beginning December 15, 1863, and mustered in March 18, 1864, under the command of
Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Richard P. De Hart.
The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
XXIII Corps,
Army of the Ohio
The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union Army, Union armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863.
History
1st Army of the Ohio
General Orders No. 97 appointed ...
, to June 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, to August 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February 1865, and
Department of North Carolina
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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to August 1865. Department of North Carolina to April 1866.
The 128th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service April 10, 1866.
Detailed service
Left Indiana for Nashville, Tennessee, March 23. March to Charleston, Tennessee, April 5–24, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Georgia, May 8–13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Movements on Dallas May 18–25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25–June 5. Allatoona Pass June 1–2. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10–July 2. Lost Mountain June 15–17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2–5. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Siege of Atlanta July 22–August 25. Utoy Creek August 5–7. Flank movement on Jonesborough August 25–30. Lovejoy's Station September 2–6. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 – November 3. Nashville Campaign November–December. In front of Columbia November 24–27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15–16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17–28. At Clifton, Tennessee, until January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C.; then to Morehead City, North Carolina, January 15 – February 24. Carolinas Campaign March 1 to April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1–21. Battle of Wyse Fork March 8–10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Goldsboro and Raleigh until April 1866.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 144 men during service; 4 officers and 27 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 112 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
* Colonel Richard P. De Hart - mustered out April 29, 1865 due to disability
* Colonel
Jasper Packard
Jasper Packard (February 1, 1832 – December 13, 1899) was an American attorney, Civil War veteran, and politician who, from 1869 to 1875, served three terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's at-large cong ...
See also
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List of Indiana Civil War regiments
List of military units raised by the state of Indiana during the American Civil War.
Artillery units
Cavalry
''Note: Cavalry regiments also had infantry designations.''
*1st Indiana Cavalry Regiment (28th Infantry)
*2nd Indiana Cavalry R ...
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Indiana in the Civil War
Indiana, a state in the Midwest, played an important role in supporting the Union during the American Civil War. Despite anti-war activity within the state, and southern Indiana's ancestral ties to the South, Indiana was a strong supporter of ...
References
* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
* ''Reunion of the One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Indiana Volunteers Held at Logansport, Indiana, August 6 and 7, 1890'' (New Albany, IN: Tribune Print.), 1890.
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