32nd Missouri Infantry Regiment

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32nd Missouri Infantry Regiment
ActiveOctober 18, 1862 to July 18, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Yazoo Pass Expedition
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
Battle of Chickasaw Bluff
Battle of Arkansas Post
Siege of Vicksburg, May 19 & May 22 assaults
Siege of Jackson
Chattanooga Campaign
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesborough
Battle of Lovejoy's Station
Sherman's March to the Sea
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Bentonville

Service

The 32nd Missouri Infantry Regiment was organized at Benton Barracks October 18 through December 8, 1862.

Contents

The regiment was attached to District of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Department of the Missouri, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 11th Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, December 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XV Corps, to September 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XV Corps, to July 1865.

The regiment mustered out July 18, 1865.

Detailed service

1862

1863

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23–24; Missionary Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.

1864

1865

Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Hickory Hill February 1. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2–5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12–13. Columbia February 15–17. Lynch's Creek February 25–26. Battle of Bentonville, N.C., March 20–21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Redesignated 32nd Regiment Missouri Infantry June 20.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 434 men during service; 20 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 6 officers and 408 enlisted men died of disease.

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Notable members

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