65th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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65th Regiment Indiana Infantry
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Private Jackson O. Broshears of Company D, 65th Indiana Infantry, under medical treatment in 1864, eight weeks after his release from a Confederate prison.
ActiveAugust 18, 1862, to June 22, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
BranchArmy
Type Infantry
Campaigns Knoxville Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Nashville Campaign
Carolinas Campaign

The 65th Regiment Indiana Infantry, was organized in Princeton and recruited throughout the southern Indiana counties to fight in the American Civil War.

Indiana State of the United States of America

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. Indiana borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and southeast, and Illinois to the west.

American Civil War Civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865

The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The Civil War is the most studied and written about episode in U.S. history. Primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people, war broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States. The loyalists of the Union in the North proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights to uphold slavery.

Contents

Organization

Regimental commanders

NameDate of CommissionNotes
John W. Foster August 18, 1862Resigned March 10, 1864, due to disability. Re-entered service as colonel of the 136th Regiment
Thomas JohnsonMarch 11, 1864Honorably discharged as lieutenant colonel on August 29, 1864, due to disability.
John W. HammondSeptember 7, 1864Mustered out with regiment as lieutenant colonel.

Regimental units

Gibson County, Indiana County in the United States

Gibson County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.

Posey County, Indiana County in the United States

Posey County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Indiana. Its southern border is formed by the Ohio River, and the western border by the Wabash River, a tributary. As of 2010, the population was 25,910. The county seat is Mount Vernon.

Knox County, Indiana County in the United States

Knox County is a county located in Indiana in the United States. It was one of two original counties created in the old Northwest Territory in 1790 and was reduced to its present size in 1817. As of 2010, the population was 38,440. The county seat is Vincennes.

Command structure

Time periodCommand
February 1862 to June 1863District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio
June 1863 to August 18631st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
August 1863 to October 18632nd Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
October 1863 to November 18634th Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
November 1863 to April 18642nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Department of the Ohio
April 1864 to February 18652nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
February 1865 to June 1865 Department of North Carolina

Service

DateEvent
August 20, 1862Left State for Henderson, Kentucky
August 25, 1862Action at Madisonville, Kentucky
Through August, 1863Guard duty along line of Louisville & Nashville Railroad
September 12, 1862Skirmish at Bradenburg, Kentucky
September 14, 1862Skirmish at Henderson, Kentucky (Company D)
April 1863Regiment mounted
July 21, 1863Action at Cheshire, Ohio
July 29, 1863Dixon (Company E)
August 16-October 17, 1863Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee
September 2, 1863Occupation of Knoxville
September 11, 1863Action at Greenville
September 18, 1863Kingsport
September 19, 1863Bristol
September 20–21, 1863Zollicoffer
September 20–21, 1863Carter's Depot
September 21, 1863Jonesborough
September 22, 1863Hall's Ford, Watauga River
September 22, 1863Carter's Depot
October 10, 1863Blue Springs
October 11, 1863Henderson's Mill and Rheatown
October 14, 1863Blountsville
October 15, 1863Bristol
November 4-December 23, 1863 Knoxville Campaign
November 19, 1863Mulberry Gap
December 2, 1863Walker's Ford, Clinch River
December 12, 1863Near Maynardsville
December 14, 1863Bean's Station
December 16–19, 1863Blain's Cross Roads
January 16, 1864Kimbrough's Cross Roads
January 16–17 and January 26–28, 1864Operations about Dandridge
January 17, 1864Dandridge
March 12, 1864Scout to Chucky Bend
April 21, 1864Regiment dismounted
May 1-September 8, 1864 Atlanta Campaign
May 8–13, 1864Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton
May 14–15, 1864 Battle of Resaca
May 20, 1864Cartersville
May 25-June 5, 1864Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills
June 10-July 2, 1864 Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 15–17, 1864Lost Mountain
June 17, 1864Muddy Creek
June 22, 1864Cheyney's Farm
June 26–27, 1864Olley's Farm
June 27, 1864 Assault on Kenesaw
July 2–5, 1864Nickajack Creek
July 5–17, 1864Chattahoochie River
July 8, 1864Isham's Ford
July 22-August 25, 1864Siege of Atlanta
August 5–7, 1864 Utoy Creek
August 25–30, 1864Flank movement on Jonesboro
August 31, 1864Near Rough and Ready
September 2–6, 1864 Lovejoy's Station
September 28, 1864Decatur
October 3–26, 1864Pursuit of Hood into Alabama
November–December, 1864 Nashville Campaign
November 24–27, 1864Columbia, Duck River
November 30, 1864 Battle of Franklin
December 15–16, 1864 Battle of Nashville
December 17–28, 1864Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
Through January 16, 1865At Clifton, Tennessee
January 16-February 9, 1865Movement to Washington, D. C., thence to Fort Fisher, North Carolina
February 11–14, 1865Operations against Hoke
February 11, 1865 Sugar Leaf Battery [1]
February 18–19, 1865 Fort Anderson
February 19–20, 1865 Town Creek
February 22, 1865 Battle of Wilmington and capture of the city
March 1-April 26, 1865 Campaign of the Carolinas
March 6–21, 1865Advance on Goldsboro
April 10–14, 1865Advance on Raleigh
April 14, 1865Occupation of Raleigh
April 26, 1865Bennett's House
Surrender of Johnston and his army
Through June, 1865Duty at Raleigh and Greensboro
June 22, 1865Mustered out

Strength

Original recruitment strength was 942 with 228 additional troops; total, 1,170. Regiment lost during service 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 216 Enlisted men by disease. Total 254, Additionally, 59 desertions and 8 unaccounted.

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References

  1. United States. (1895). Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion: Series 1., Vol 47, Part 1 Reports. Washington, D.C: GPO.