United States Regiments & Batteries > Indiana
The 8th Indiana Infantry Regiment lost 7 officers and 84 enlisted man killed or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 166 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| August 20-September 5 | Organized at Indianapolis, Ind. |
| September 10 | The 8th Indiana Infantry Regiment was ordered to St. Louis, Mo. Attached to Fremont’s Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri |
| September 22 | Fremont’s advance on Springfield, Mo. |
| October 15 | Camp at Otterville |
| December 15-19 | Expedition to Milford |
| December 18 | Action at Milford, Blackwater or Shawnee Mound |
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1862
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| January 25-February 14 | Curtis’ advance on Springfield. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri |
| March 6-8 | Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark. Battle of Pea Ridge |
| March-May | At Sulphur Rock |
| May 25-July 14 | March to Batesville, Ark.; then to Helena, Ark. attached to 1st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri |
| July 7 | Action at Hill’s Plantation, Cache River |
| July 22-25 | Expedition to Coldwater, Miss. (Companies B & E) Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri |
| July 24 | White Oak Bayou (Companies B & E) |
| August 2 | Austin, Tunica County |
| August | At Helena |
| October | Ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo., and operations in Southeast Missouri attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri |
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1863
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| March 5 | Moved to Helena, Ark., then to To Milliken’s Bend, La.Attached to 1st Brigade, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
| April 25-30 | Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf |
| May 1 |
Battle of Port Gibson |
| May 16 |
Battle of Champion’s Hill |
| May 17 | Big Black River |
| May 18-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. |
| May 19 and 22 |
Assaults on Vicksburg |
| July 4-10 | Advance on Jackson, Miss. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee |
| July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson, Miss. |
| July 18 | Duty at Vicksburg |
| August 20 | Ordered to New Orleans, La. |
| August | Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick assigned to Dept. of the Gulf |
| October 3-November 8 |
Western Louisiana “Teche” Campaign |
| November 8 | Moved to New Orleans, La. |
| November 12 | To Texas |
| November 17 | Capture of Mustang Island |
| November 27-30 | Fort Esperanza |
| December | Duty at Matagorda Bay |
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1864
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| February | Duty at Indianola and Lavacca, Tex. |
| April and May | Veterans on furlough |
| June | Duty in District of LaFourche, La. Attached to District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf. |
| July | Ordered to Washington |
| August 7 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| September 3 | Berryville, Va. |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan) |
| September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia |
| December | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps |
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1865
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| January 6-7 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
| January 14-20 | To Savannah, Ga. Attached to 1st Brigade, Grover’s Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South. Duty there and at various points in Georgia and South Carolina. |
| August 28 | The 8th Indiana Infantry Regiment mustered out |