The 66th 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 66th Indiana Infantry was organized at
New Albany,
Indiana
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and mustered in for three years' service August 19, 1862.
The regiment was attached to Cruft's Brigade,
Army of Kentucky
The Army of Kentucky was the name of two Union Army formations. Both were small and short-lived, serving in Kentucky in 1862 in 1863.
Army of August 1862
On August 25, 1862, Major General William "Bull" Nelson assumed command of the forces stati ...
. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, Mississippi,
XIII Corps,
Department of the Tennessee
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, December 1862. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth,
XVII Corps, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth,
XVI Corps, to March 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to September 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division,
XV Corps, to June 1865.
The 66th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service June 3, 1865, at
Washington, D.C.
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Detailed service
1862
August 30, Battle of Richmond. Regiment mostly captured, paroled, and sent to New Albany, Indiana; those not captured marched to New Albany, arriving September 10.
November 18. Regiment moved to Indianapolis, Indiana
December 10. Regiment moved to Corinth, Mississippi
1863
December 1862-August 1863. Garrison duty at Corinth, Mississippi
April 15 – May 2. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama
April 23. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia
April 28. Town Creek
August 18. Moved to Collierville, Tennessee
August - October 29. Duty at Collierville
October 11. Action at Collierville(Companies B, C, D, E, G, and I)
October 29 - November 11. March to Pulaski
November 11- April 29, 1864 - Duty at Pulaski
1864
May 1 – September 8. Atlanta Campaign.
May 8–13. Demonstrations on Resaca
May 9. Sugar Valley, near Resaca
May 14–15. Battle of Resaca
May 15. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River
May 16. Rome Cross Roads
May 18 – 25. Advance on Dallas
May 25- June 5. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills
June 10 - July 2. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain
June 27. Assault on Kennesaw
July 2–5. Nickajack Creek
July 3–4. Ruff's Mills
July 5–17. Chattahoochie River
July 22. Battle of Atlanta
July 22 - August 25. Siege of Atlanta
August 25 – 30. Flank movement on Jonesboro
August 31 – September 1. Battle of Jonesboro
September 2–6. Lovejoy's Station
September 29 – November 3. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama
October 12 – 13. Reconnaissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes
November 15 – December 10.. March to the sea
December 4. Little Ogeechee River
December 7. Jenk's Bridge and Eden Station
December 10 – 21. Siege of Savannah
1865
January to April, 1865. Campaign of the Carolinas
February 2 – 5. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C.
February 9. South Edisto River
February 12–13. North Edisto River
February 15. South River
February 16–17. Columbia
February 16. Little Congaree Creek
March 19 – 21. Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina.
March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro
April 10 – 14. Advance on Raleigh
April 14. Occupation of Raleigh
April 26. Bennett's House
April 29 – May 19. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va.
May 24.
Grand Review of the Armies
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Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 250 men during service; 3 officers and 62 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 184 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
De Witt Clinton Anthony - resigned March 24, 1864
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Lieutenant Colonel Roger Martin - commanded during the Carolinas Campaign
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Major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
Thomas G. Morrison - commanded during the Battle of Richmond
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Captain
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John F. Baird - commanded during the Battle of Richmond
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
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References
* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
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