The 48th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 48th Indiana Infantry was organized at Goshen,

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December 5, 1861, through January 28, 1862, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of

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. The regiment was attached to District of Paducah, Kentucky, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,

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, May 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing, XIII Corps,

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, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, XVI Corps, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, XVII Corps, to September 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XVII Corps, to December 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,

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, to April 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XV Corps, to July 1865. The 48th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service July 15, 1865, at

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Detailed service

The regiment left for

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on Feb. 1, arriving the day after the surrender. It moved to

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then to the

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, and participated in the Siege of Corinth. After the evacuation the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, and took part in the pursuit of Price's forces. It was in the Battle of Iuka, losing 116 in killed and wounded; was under Rosecrans in the Second Battle of Corinth in October; then moved to

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and back to

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, where in January 1863, it was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 7th Division, XVII Army Corps. It moved to the rear of

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in March, participated in engagements at Forty Hills, Raymond, Jackson, and Champion Hill, losing 33 killed and wounded in the last engagement. It was in the trenches before Vicksburg and took part in the assault of May 22, losing 38 in killed and wounded. It moved to Memphis in August, then to Chattanooga and was engaged at Tunnel Hill. At

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, it reenlisted as a veteran organization in January 1864, and after enjoying a furlough, returned to Huntsville in March. It moved to

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, in June, hunting guerrillas and protecting railroad communications, and then joined the army at

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. It marched to Savannah with the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XV Corps, then moved to

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, participated in the Campaign of the Carolinas to

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, and after Johnston's surrender marched to

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It was then transferred to

and mustered out July 15, 1865. While at Washington, the regiment received 250 recruits from the

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, 83rd, 97th and 99th Infantry Regiments, whose terms had not expired at the time of the muster out of these organizations, and these were discharged with the 48th.

Casualties

The original strength of the regiment was 991; gain by recruits, 603; re-enlistments, 284; total, 1,878. Loss by death, 213; desertion, 96; unaccounted for, 199.

Commanders

* Colonel Norman Eddy - resigned June 1863 due to wounds received at the Battle of Iuka *

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Edward Jesup Wood *

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Newton Bingham - commanded during the Carolinas Campaign

Notes

References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * Packard, Jasper. ''Four Years of Camp, March and Battle: An Address Delivered Before Post No. 12, G.A.R., Washington, D.C., March 26th, 1870'' (Washington, DC: Gibson Bros.), 1870. * Wood, Edward Jesup. ''A Fierce, Wild Joy: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Edward J. Wood, 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment'' (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press), 2007. ;Attribution *

External links

48th Indiana Infantry monument at Vicksburg
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