8th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Flag of the United States, 1861-1863
ActiveApril 21, 1861, to August 6, 1861
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Rich Mountain
Battle of Champion Hill

Service

The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 21, 1861, for a three-month enlistment. On June 19, 1861, the regiment was moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia, and attached to William Rosecrans' Brigade, in George B. McClellan's Provisional Army of West Virginia. On June 29, it was marched to Buckhannon, West Virginia, and occupied Buckhannon on June 30. The regiment engaged in the Western Virginia Campaign, July 6–17, fighting in the Battle of Rich Mountain on July 11. The regiment was mustered out of service on August 6, 1861.[1]

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 5 enlisted men (Alfred Wilson, Richard Lamb, First sergeant Frank Mays, Private John Scotten, and Alfred Lowder) killed in action or died of wounds[2] and 3 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 8 fatalities.[3]

Commanders

See also
  • List of Indiana Civil War regiments
  • Indiana in the Civil War

Notes
  1. The Civil War Archive
  2. http://www.rootsquest.com/indiana/hancock/1916/military2.html#8TH_REGIMENT
  3. The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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