The 99th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 99th Indiana was mustered into Federal service at
South Bend, Indiana
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, on August 21, 1862.
The regiment mustered out and its remaining recruits with the regiment were amalgamated with the
48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry on June 5, 1865.
Strength and Casualties
The 99th Indiana originally mustered 900 men, and added 84 recruits over the course of the war. The regiment lost 178 men from death from all causes, Another 38 men of the 99th deserted, and two were missing in action.
Colonels
* Alexander Fowler
* Josiah Farrar
See also
*
List of Indiana Civil War regiments
List of military units raised by the state of Indiana during the American Civil War.
Artillery units
Cavalry
''Note: Cavalry regiments also had infantry designations.''
* 1st Indiana Cavalry Regiment (28th Infantry)
* 2nd Indiana Cavalry ...
* Lucas, D. R. New History of the 99th Indiana Infantry. Rockford, 1900.
References
The Civil War Index
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Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
1862 establishments in Indiana
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