United States Regiments & Batteries > Indiana
The 16th Indiana Infantry Regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 15 enlisted men to disease during its three months service in the Civil War. After the original regiment mustered out another 16th Indiana Regiment was formed for three years service and was assigned to the Western Theater.
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1861
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| May | The 16th Indiana Infantry Regiment was organized at Richmond, Ind., for one year of service |
| July 23 | Transferred to United States service and left State for Baltimore, Md. |
| July 28 | Moved to Sandy Hook, Md. and duty at Pleasant Valley, Md. Attached to Abercrombie’s Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
| August 17 | At Darnestown |
| October 21-24 | Operations about Ball’s Bluff; Attached to Abercrombie’s Brigade, Banks’ Division, Army of the Potomac |
| October 22 | Action at Goose Creek and near Edward’s Ferry |
| November | Camp at Seneca Creek |
| December 2 | At Frederick City |
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1862
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| February 27 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. |
| March 1 | To Charleston. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Banks’ 5th Corps |
| March 10-12 | March to Winchester |
| March 27 | At Strasburg and operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
| April 2 | Duty at Warrenton, Va. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
| April 7 | Reconnaissance to the Rappahannock River |
| May 12 | Ordered to Washington, D.C. |
| May 14 | The 16th Indiana Infantry Regiment mustered out |