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151st
Indiana Infantry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
151st
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
151st
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 Fifty-first Indiana Infantry.
— Col., Joshua Healy; Lieut.- Col., John E. Sweet; Maj., Michael Eagan. This regiment
was recruited in the 9th Congressional district and organized at Indianapolis in March,
1865. It was mustered in March 9 and left the state on the 13th, reporting to Gen.
Rousseau at Nashville. It moved to Tullahoma on the 14th and remained there until June 14,
when it returned to Nashville, where it remained on garrison and guard duty until it was
mustered out on Sept. 19. Its original strength was 999; gain by recruits, 14; total,
1,013. Loss by death, 60; desertion, 33. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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