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153rd
Indiana Infantry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
153rd
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
153rd
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-third Indiana Infantry.
— Col., Oliver H. P. Carey; Lieut. -Col., Charles S. Ellis; Maj., James F. Wildman.
This regiment came from the 11th Congressional district and was organized at Indianapolis
in Feb., 1865. It was mustered in March 1, and left the state on the 5th, going to
Louisville, from where it was sent to Russellville, Ky., detachments being sent to Bowling
Green, Hopkinsville and other points. Cos. D. G and H were engaged in numerous skirmishes
with guerrillas while in that section. Returning to Louisville on June 16, the regiment
was assigned to duty at Taylor barracks in that city, until it was mustered out on Sept.
4, 1865. The original strength was 1,002; gain by recruits, 31 ; total, 1,033. Loss by
death, 47; desertion, 79; unaccounted for, 2. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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