United States Regiments & Batteries > Indiana
While the remainder of the 1st Indiana Cavalry Regiment served in the Western Theater, two companies served in the east and never met the rest of the regiment.
Stewart’s Independent Cavalry Company, or Company I – 1861
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April 25 | Organized at Terre Haute, Ind. for one year’s State service |
July 4 | Mustered in for three years’ service |
August 20 | Assigned to 1st Indiana Cavalry as Company L, but served detached from Regiment for the entire war. |
July | Served in Dept. of West Virginia as Escort to Gen. Rosecrans |
November | At Headquarters Dept. of Western Virginia |
1862
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May – June | Dept. of the Mountains |
July | At Headquarters 1st Corps, Army of Virginia |
September | At Headquarters 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
1863
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October | At Headquarters Army of the Potomac |
1864
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July 3 | Old members mustered out |
1865
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May 31 | Veterans and Recruits mustered out |
Bracken’s Independent Company Cavalry, or Company K – 1861
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June 20 | Organized at Indianapolis, Ind. |
July 9 | Mustered in |
August 20 | Assigned to 1st Indiana Cavalry as Company K, but served detached from Regiment for the entire war. |
July | Served in the Dept. of West Virginia as Escort to Gen. Rosecrans |
November | At Headquarters Dept. of Western Virginia and Dept. of the Mountains |
December 13 | Camp Allegheny, Greenbrier, W. Va. |
December 31 | Expedition to Huntersville |
1862
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January 3 | Huntersville |
July | At Headquarters 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
September | At Headquarters 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
November 9 | Charge into Fredericksburg, Va. |
1863
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October | At Headquarters Army of the Potomac |
1864
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January – May | Duty at Glymont, Md. on lower Potomac |
May | Joined Army of the Potomac at White House, and duty at Headquarters of Gen. Meade |
June 23 | Old members mustered out |
1865
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May 31 | Veterans and Recruits mustered out |