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41st Indiana
Regiment / 2nd Indiana Cavalry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
41st
Indiana Regiment / 2nd Indiana Cavalry Officer Roster - Report of the
Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 2, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General,
Indiana, 1865 View Entire Book
41st
Indiana Regiment / 2nd Indiana Cavalry Soldier Roster - Report of the
Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 5, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General,
Indiana, 1866 View Entire Book
41st
Indiana Regiment / 2nd Indiana Cavalry Reorganized Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 5, by W.H.H. Terrell,
Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866 View Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| Forty-first Indiana Regiment — (2nd Indiana Cavalry). — Cols.,
John A. Bridgland, Robert N. Hudson, Edward M. McCook, James W. Stewart; Lieut. - Cols.,
Charles E. Morris, Edward M. McCook, Robert R. Stewart, Joseph B. Presdee; Majs., Edward
M. McCook, Robert R. Stewart, Samuel Hill, Jehu C. Hannum, James Conner, Isaiah D. Walker,
James W. Stewart, Joseph B. Presdee, David A. Briggs, John S. Edwards. This regiment was
organzed at Indianapolis in Sept, 1861, being the first complete cavalry regiment raised
in the state. It was mustered in Dec. 9 and left the state on the 16th for Louisville,
going from there to Camp Wickliffe. It moved with Buell's army to the Tennessee, reaching
the field at Shiloh after the battle. It was in a skirmish enroute for Corinth, was
engaged at Pea Ridge in April, and participated in a reconnoisance in force a few days
later, driving the enemy for 3 miles. It was actively engaged in the siege of Corinth, and
after the evacuation moved with Buell's army into northern Alabama. It was engaged at
Tuscumbia, was in the engagements at McMinnville and Gallatin in August, and moved into
Kentucky in September in pursuit of Bragg, being engaged at Vinegar hill and Perryville. A
detachment under command of Maj. Hill, recaptured a government train, killing 20 of the
Confederate cavalry and capturing 200 prisoners. The regiment was on duty near Nashville
during the winter af 1862-63 and from there proceeded to Kentucky, returning after a few
months to Tennessee. It was engaged at Triune in June; was on railroad guard duty during
the fall; moved into eastern Tennessee at the approach of winter; was in a sharp fight at
Talbot's station in December and reenlisted on Jan. 10, 1864, at Mossy creek. It was
engaged in numerous scouts and skirmishes during the winter, joined Sherman's army in May
and accompanied it to Atlanta, being engaged at Varnell's station, Acworth, Newnan, and
near Atlanta. After the occupation of Atlanta the non-veterans were mustered out and the
veterans and recruits were consolidated into a battalion of four companies, under command
of Maj. Hill on Sept. 14. This battalion was on duty in Kentucky in November and December
and was transferred to the vicinity of Eastport, Ala., in Jan.. 1865. It participated in
the raid through Alabama, being engaged at Scottsville and West Point, suffering severely.
It was mustered out July 22, 1865. The original strength of the regiment was 1,039; gain
by recruits, 301; reenlistments, 5; total, 1,345. Loss by death, 131; desertion, 47;
unaccounted for, 273. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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