| 50th Regiment Indiana Infantry | |
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| Active | September 12, 1861 – May 25, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Munfordville Mobile Campaign Battle of Fort Blakely |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Colonel Cyrus L. Dunham Colonel Samuel T. Wells |
The 50th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 50th Indiana Infantry was organized at Seymour, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 12, 1861.
The regiment was attached to 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June 1862. Unassigned Railroad Guard, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. District of Louisville, Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862. District of Jackson, Tennessee, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, District of Jackson, Tennessee, XVI Corps, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVI Corps, to August 1863. True's Brigade, Arkansas Expedition, to January 1864. Unassigned, 2nd Division, VII Corps, Department of Arkansas, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, to May 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps, to February 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIII Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, to April 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, to May 1865.
The 50th Indiana Infantry ceased to exist on May 25, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 52nd Indiana Infantry.
October 25: Moved to New Albany, Indiana
December 25:Bardstown, Kentucky
February 1862: Advanced on Bowling Green, Kentucky
February 10-March 3: Advanced on Nashville, Tennessee
until September 1862: Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad
July 4–28: Operations against Morgan
August 20: Near Edgefield Junction (detachment)
August 20:Pilot Knob
September 14–17: Siege of Munfordville, Kentucky (Companies A, B, D, F, and H)
September 17: Captured
until November: Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Indiana (and duty there)
November 1–10: Moved to Jackson, Tennessee
December 18, 1862 to January 3, 1863: Operations against Forrest in western Tennessee
December 29–30:Huntington
December 30: Parker's Cross Roads, near Jackson
December 30:Clarksburg (detachment).
December 31:Red Mound (or Parker's) Cross Roads
until August 1863: Duty at Jackson, Collierville and Memphis, Tennessee
August 28: Moved to Helena, Arkansas
September 1–10: Steele's Expedition to Little Rock
September 10:Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock
until March 1864: Garrison duty at Lewisburg, Arkansas
March 2, 1864: Reenlisted
March 23-May 3: Steele's Expedition to Camden
April 2:Antoine and Terre Noir Creek
April 9–12:Prairie D'Ann
April 15:Camden
April 15–16:Liberty Post Office
April 16–18:Camden
April 17: Red Mound
April 30:Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River
until July: Duty at Little Rock
until December: non-veterans duty at Little Rock
July–August: Veterans absent on furlough
until January 1865: Duty at Little Rock
January 22-February 4: Carr's Expedition to Saline River
February 1865: Moved to Mobile Point, Alabama
March 17-April 12: Campaign against Mobile and its defenses .
March: Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely
April 9: Assault and capture of Fort Blakely
April 12: Capture of Mobile
April 13: Whistler's Station
April 13-22: March to Montgomery
The regiment lost a total of 218 men during service; 3 officers and 54 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 158 enlisted men died of disease.
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This article contains text from a text now in the public domain : Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co. | People |  | |
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