The 152nd Indiana Infantry Regiment was an
infantry regiment
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from
Indiana
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that served in the
Union Army
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between March 16 and August 30, 1865, during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The regiment was recruited from the 9th, 10th, and 11th districts and organized at
Indianapolis, Indiana
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, with a strength of 988 men.
[Holloway (2004), p. 151.] It was mustered in on March 16, 1865,
[Holloway (2004), p. 151.][Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,158.] and left Indiana for
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
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on March 18. At Harper's Ferry, it was assigned to duty with one of the provisional divisions of the
Army of Shenandoah.
[Holloway (2004), p. 151.] The regiment saw duty at
Charleston
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* Charleston, South Carolina
* Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital
* Charleston (dance)
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, Stevenson's Station,
Summit Point and
Clarksburg, West Virginia, until late August, 1865. The regiment was mustered out on August 30, 1865.
[Holloway (2004), p. 151.] During its service the regiment incurred forty-eight fatalities, and another twenty-two men deserted.
[Holloway (2004), p. 151.]
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 ...
Notes
References
Bibliography
*
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'.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
. Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer.
Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana
1865 establishments in Indiana
Military units and formations established in 1865
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865