The 8th Indiana Infantry Regiment lost 7 officers and 84 enlisted man killed or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 166 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
August 20-September 5 |
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind. |
September 10 |
Ordered to St. Louis, Mo. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri |
September 22 |
Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo. |
October 15 |
Camp at Otterville |
December 15-19 |
Expedition to Milford |
December 18 |
Action at Milford, Blackwater or Shawnee Mound |
1862 |
January 25-February 14 |
Curtis' advance on Springfield. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri |
March 6-8 |
Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark. Battle of Pea Ridge |
March-May |
At Sulphur Rock |
May 25-July 14 |
March to Batesville, Ark.; then to Helena, Ark. attached to 1st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri |
July 7 |
Action at Hill's Plantation, Cache River |
July 22-25 |
Expedition to Coldwater, Miss. (Companies B & E) Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri |
July 24 |
White Oak Bayou (Companies B & E) |
August 2 |
Austin, Tunica County |
August |
At Helena |
October |
Ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo., and operations in Southeast Missouri attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri |
1863 |
March 5 |
Moved to Helena, Ark., then to To Milliken's Bend, La.Attached to 1st Brigade, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
April 25-30 |
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf |
May 1 |
Battle of Port Gibson |
May 16 |
Battle of Champion's Hill |
May 17 |
Big Black River |
May 18-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. |
May 19 and 22 |
Assaults on Vicksburg |
July 4-10 |
Advance on Jackson, Miss. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee |
July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson, Miss. |
July 18 |
Duty at Vicksburg |
August 20 |
Ordered to New Orleans, La. |
August |
Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick assigned to Dept. of the Gulf |
October 3-November 8 |
Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign |
November 8 |
Moved to New Orleans, La. |
November 12 |
To Texas |
November 17 |
Capture of Mustang Island |
November 27-30 |
Fort Esperanza |
December |
Duty at Matagorda Bay |
1864 |
February |
Duty at Indianola and Lavacca, Tex. |
April and May |
Veterans on furlough |
June |
Duty in District of LaFourche, La. Attached to District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf. |
July |
Ordered to Washington |
August 7 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to 3rd Brigade, then 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
September 3 |
Berryville, Va. |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan. Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October |
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia |
December |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps |
1865 |
January 6-7 |
Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
January 14-20 |
To Savannah, Ga. Attached to 1st Brigade, Grover's Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South. Duty there and at various points in Georgia and South Carolina. |
August 28 |
Mustered out
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