Indiana
Official Army Register
of the Volunteer Force
of the United States Army
for the Years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65.
Part VI.
Published by Order of
the Secretary of War,
in Compliance with the
Joint Resolution of the Senate
and House of
Representatives, approved March 2,
1865.
Adjutant General’s
Office, Washington, August 31, 1865, pp. 1-2.
(This regiment was organized at Indianapolis,
Ind.,
September 16, 1861, to serve three years.
On its expiration of term of service the
original members (except veterans)
were mustered out, and the organization,
composed of veterans and recruits,
retained in service until July 21, 1865, when
was mustered out
in accordance with orders from the War
Department.)
(The official list of battles in which this
regiment
bore an honorable part is not yet published in
orders.)
Colonel.
Lieutenant Colonel.
John P. Niederaner
22 May, 65
Major.
Captains.
Benjamin H. Freeland
8 Nov., 64
William Chandler
8 Nov.,
John T. Slough
8 Nov.,
Enos Halbert
8 Nov.,
William A. Dilley
27 Mar., 65
Amos J. Thomas
27 Mar.,
Henry C. Johnson
27 Mar.,
William S. McCollough
21 May,
Samuel D. Helman
22 May,
James H. Brown
31 May,
First Lieutenants.
John R. McBride, Adj.
8 Nov., 64
8 Nov.,
Robert M. McMaster, R.Q.M.
9 Jan., 65
John Hardwick
28 Mar.,
Isaac J. Betts
22 May,
James C. McClurkin
27 May,
John W. Taylor
31 May,
Henry Burkhart
31 May,
William Nodurft
31 May,
Henry L. Trisler
2 June,
Andrew J. Buchanan
8 June,
Second Lieutenants.
George W. Greenlee
22 May, 65
Israel M. Adams
22 May,
James Bain
22 May,
John E. Smith
22 May,
Augustine J. Horton
22 May,
John A. Miller
22 May,
Robert F. McConnell
27 May,
James H. Collier
31 May,
Thomas Graves
2 June,
Hezekiah H. Lyon
8 June,
Surgeon.
Robert F. Bence
14 Sept., 64
Chaplain.
Casualties.
Promoted, (1.)
First Lieut. Charles H. Pickering, Adj’t
December 1, 1863, to Lieut. Colonel 17th
U.S.C.T.
Resigned, (28.)
Lieut. Colonel James M. Henderson
September 16, 1864.
Major William J. Manker
November 9, 1862.
Major Levin T. Miller
September 22, 1864.
Captain Andrew T. Welman
January 2, 1863.
Captain William A. W. Hauser
February 19, 1863.
Captain John T. Freeland
July 31, 1863.
Captain William A. Whitson
August 20, 1864.
Captain Charles Seaton
September 17, 1864.
First Lieut. William Farrell
August 17, 1862.
First Lieut. James H. Durham, Adj’t
October 16, 1862.
First Lieut. Andrew Fullerton
November 17, 1862.
First Lieut. James N. Hill
September 7, 1863.
First Lieut. Heneage B. Finch, R.Q.M.
November 22, 1863.
First Lieut. Henry R. Flook
September 22, 1864
(Appointed Second Lieut., U.S. Signal Corps.)
First Lieut. John A. Wilkins, R.Q.M.
October 4, 1864.
First Lieut. William W. Hollingsworth
October 4, 1864.
First Lieut. Edwin I. Bachman
October 4, 1864.
First Lieut. Plinna McKnight
October 10, 1864.
First Lieut. John R. Spratt
January 27, 1865.
Second Lieut. Francis Brunson
June 27, 1863.
Second Lieut. Jesse L. Crisler
December 2, 1863.
Second Lieut. William H. Miller
December 22, 1863.
Second Lieut. Loyd T. Duncan
December 17, 1864.
Second Lieut. William H. Boone
January 24, 1865.
Surgeon Joseph G. McPheeters
August 22, 1864.
Assistant Surgeon Andrew M. Hunt
June 18, 1863.
Assistant Surgeon Jeremiah Vincent
October 4, 1864.
Chaplain Joseph L. Irwin
February 20, 1863.
Mustered Out on Expiration of Term of Service,
(10.)
Colonel John Coburn
September 20, 1864.
(Brevet Brigadier General March 13, 1865)
Captain Charles Day
September 20, 1864.
Captain Edward T. McCrae
September 20, 1864.
Captain Joseph T. Fleming
December 31, 1864.
First Lieut. William J. Day
September 20, 1864.
First Lieut. Lawson E. McKinney
September 20, 1864.
Second Lieut. Jefferson C. Farr,
September 20, 1864.
Second Lieut. James Simpson
December 31, 1864.
Second Lieut. John Hart
December 31, 1864.
Second Lieut. John W. Slauter
December 31, 1864.
Discharged, (2.)
Captain Burr H. Polk
June 30, 1863.
(Appointed Captain and A. A. G.)
First Lieut. Henry H. Jeter
May 15, 1865.
Died, (6.)
Captain Israel C. Dille
Killed by guerillas at Fosterville, Tenn., July
17, 1863.
Captain James L. Banks
June 22, 1864, of wounds received in action at
Dallas, Ga.
Captain George L. Scott
Killed on picket in front of Atlanta, Ga., July
23, 1864.
First Lieut. Estees Wallingford, Adj’t
April 21, 1864, of disease at Indianapolis, Ind.
First Lieut. Charles H. Porter, Adj’t
Killed in action near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.,
June 22, 1864.
Second Lieut. Eli M. Adams
December 8, 1861, of disease, at Crab Orchard,
Tenn.
Dismissed, (2.)
Captain Isaac C. Hendricks
December 20, 1862.
(Re-Commissioned Captain, 1st Regiment Indiana Heavy
Artillery, July 15, 1863.)
Second Lieut. Andrew J. Cox
March 1, 1863.
Note 2:
This
roster of officers is given as it stood on the day of muster out.
Information obtained at the National
Archives, Washington, DC
Contributed by: Mark Anderson
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