The 142nd Indiana Infantry Regiment was an

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from

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that served in the

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between November 3, 1864, and July 14, 1865, during the

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The regiment was recruited at Fort Wayne and organized at

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, with a strength of 1,015 menHolloway (2004), pp. 147–148. and mustered in on November 3, 1864.Holloway (2004), pp. 147–148.Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,157. It left Indiana for

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, on November 18 was assigned post duty there until July 1865.Holloway (2004), pp. 147–148. The regiment was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 20th Corps and was left behind when the Corps marched into

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with Major General Sherman's Army.Holloway (2004), pp. 147–148. With the 2nd Brigade, the regiment was in reserve at the Battle of Nashville on December 15–16, 1864. It occupied the left of the inner line of defense from the Cumberland River to Fort Negley.Holloway (2004), pp. 147–148. After the battle, the regiment remained at Nashville until it was mustered out on July 14, 1865.Holloway (2004), pp. 147–148. During its service the regiment incurred sixty-four fatalities, another twenty-eight deserted and twenty-two men unaccounted for.Holloway (2004), pp. 147–148.

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* Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion''. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. . * Holloway, William R. (2004). ''Civil War Regiments From Indiana''. eBookOnDisk.com Pensacola, Florida. {{ISBN, 1-9321-5731-X. * Terrell, W.H.H. (1867).
The Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Containing Rosters for the Years 1861–1865, Volume 7
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. Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer. Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana 1864 establishments in Indiana Military units and formations established in 1864 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 1865 disestablishments in Tennessee

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