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147th
Indiana Infantry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
147th
Indiana Infantry Officer Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the
State of Indiana, Volume 3, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866 View Entire Book
147th
Indiana Infantry Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the
State of Indiana, Volume 7, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1867 View Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| One-Year Regiments. — A call was made, Dec. 20, 1864, for eleven
regiments for one year's service, and recruiting stations were established at the
headquarters of each of the provost marshals, recruits being forwarded to Indianapolis.
Subsequently five additional regiments were called for, and under these calls the
following organizations were raised : One Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry.
— Col., Milton Peden; Lieut.-Col., Theodore F. Colgrove; Maj., Joel J. Finney. The
147th was organized at Indianapolis in March, 1865, and was composed of seven companies
recruited in the 5th Congressional district, two from the 11th, and one composed of
detachments from Benton, Henry and Fayette counties. It was mustered in March 13 and left
the state for Harper's Ferry, Va., where it was attached to one of the provisional
divisions of the Army of the Shenandoah. It was engaged on guard and garrison duty at
various times at Stephenson's depot, Summit Point, Berryville, Harper's Ferry and Maryland
heights until Aug. 4, 1865, when it was mustered out. The original strength was 1,051;
gain by recruits, 27; total, 1,078. Loss by death, 44; desertion, 63; unaccounted for, 1. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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