150th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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150th Indiana Infantry Regiment
ActiveMarch 9 – August 5, 1865
DisbandedAugust 5, 1865
CountryFlag of the United States (1865-1867).svg United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment [note 1]
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel Marsh B. Taylor [1]
Lt. Colonel Thomas C. Dalby [1]
Major James M. Watts [1]

The 150th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Indiana that served in the Union Army between March 9 and August 5, 1865, during the American Civil War.

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Service

Recruited from the 8th district, the regiment was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, with a strength of 1,082 men, [1] and mustered in on March 9, 1865. [1] [2] It left Indiana for Harper's Ferry, West Virginia on March 13. The regiment saw duty at Charleston, West Virginia, Winchester, and Stevenson's Depot, remaining there until June 27. [1] It then proceeded to Jordan's Springs, Virginia, and remained there until it was mustered out on August 5, 1865. [1] [2] During its service the regiment incurred thirty-four fatalities, and another fifty men deserted. [1]

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Notes

  1. According to W.H.H. Terrell (1867), The Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Containing Rosters for the Years 1861–1865, Volume 7 , the 150th Indiana Infantry Regiment was composed of ten companies. Companies "A" to "I" and "K".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Holloway (2004), p. 150.
  2. 1 2 Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,158.

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