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18th Indiana Infantry Regiment


FieldValue
unit_name18th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
imageUS flag 36 stars.svg
image_size100
captionFlag of the United States, 1865-1867
datesAugust 16, 1861, to August 28, 1865
countryUnited States
allegianceUnion
branchInfantry
battles{{plainlist
  • Battle of Pea Ridge
  • Battle of Cotton Plant
  • Battle of Grand Gulf
  • Battle of Port Gibson
  • Battle of Champion Hill
  • Battle of Big Black River Bridge
  • Siege of Vicksburg - Assaults of May 19 & 22
  • Siege of Jackson
  • Battle of Brownsville
  • Battle of Fort Esperanza
  • Battle of Berryville
  • Third Battle of Winchester
  • Battle of Fisher's Hill
  • Battle of Cedar Creek}}

The 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

  • The 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 16, 1861.
  • Battle of Pea Ridge
  • Battle of Port Gibson
  • Battle of Champion Hill
  • Battle of Big Black River
  • Siege of Vicksburg
  • Battle of Cedar Creek
  • The regiment mustered out of service on August 28, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 5 officers and 68 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 1 officers and 130 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 204 fatalities.

Commanders

  • Colonel Thomas Pattison
  • Colonel Henry Dana Washburn

Notes

References

References

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#18th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. '''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'''. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
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