- Twenty-fifth Indiana Infantry
Organized
at Evansville, Ind., and mustered in August 19, 1861. Moved to St.
Louis, Mo., August 26; thence to Jefferson City, Mo., September 14;
thence to Georgetown, Mo. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of
Missouri to December, 1861. St. Louis, Mo., to February, 1862. 4th
Brigade, 2nd Division, Military District of Cairo, February, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old),
Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division,
17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. District of
Memphis, Tenn., 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District
of Memphis, 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade,
4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865Service: Fremont's
Campaign against Springfield, Mo., September 22-November 3, 1861. Duty
at Otterville and at LaMine Bridge till December. Pope's Expedition to
Warrensburg December 16-20. Action on the Blackwater, Milford, December
18. Conduct prisoners to St. Louis, and duty at Benton Barracks till
February 2, 1862. Expedition up the Tennessee against Fort Donelson,
Tenn., February 2-11. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson February
12-16. Expedition to Clarksville, Tenn., March 19-21. Moved to
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 5-18. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April
6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to
Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis till
September 6. Action at Nonconah Creek August 3. Forced march to
Bolivar, Tenn., September 6-9, and duty there till October 4. Battle of
Hatchie River, Metamora, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Action with Van Dorn at
Davis Mills December 21 (Cos. "A," "C," "D," "F," "H" and "I"). Moved
from Davis Mills to Memphis, Tenn., January 14, 1863. Provost duty
there till November, 1863. Railroad guard duty from Grand Junction to
Moscow November, 1863, to January, 1864. Moved to Memphis January 28;
thence moved to Vicksburg, Miss. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2.
Marion Station February 15-17. Re-enlisted at Canton February 29.
Veterans on Furlough March and April. Moved to Decatur, Ala., April 24,
and duty there till August. Action at Fletcher's Ferry, Flint River,
May 18. Pond Springs near Courtland, Ala., May 27. Pond Springs June
29. Expedition to Moulton July 25-28. Decatur July 27. Moved to
Atlanta, Ga., August 4-8. Atlanta campaign August 8-September 8. Siege
of Atlanta August 8-25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September
2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama
September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10.
Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign
of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie
River January 20. Salkehatchie Swamp, S. C., February 2-3. River's and
Broxton's Bridges, Salkehatchie River, February 2. Binnaker's Bridge
February 9. Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 16-17. Battle
of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to
Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May
24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 5, and duty there till July 17.
Mustered out July 17, 1865. Regiment lost during service 7 Officers
and 81 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 270
Enlisted men by disease. Total 361. |
