65th Indiana Infantry Regiment

65th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Private Jackson O. Broshears of Company D, 65th Indiana Infantry, under medical treatment in 1864, eight weeks after his release from a Confederate prison.
Active	August 18, 1862 to June 22, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Campaigns	Knoxville Campaign Atlanta Campaign Nashville Campaign Campaign of the Carolinas

The 65th Regiment Indiana Cavalry, was organized in Princeton and recruited throughout the southern Indiana counties to fight in the American Civil War.

Organization

Regimental Commanders

Name	Date of Commission	Notes
John W. Foster	August 18, 1862	Resigned March 10, 1864 due to disability. Re-entered service as Colonel of the 136th Regiment
Thomas Johnson	March 11, 1864	Honorably discharged as Lieutenant Colonel on August 29, 1864 due to disability.
John W. Hammond	September 7, 1864	Mustered out with Regiment as Lieutenant Colonel.

Regimental Units

Company A - Men primarily recruited from Gibson and Posey counties
Company B - Men primarily recruited from Gibson County
Company C - Men primarily recruited from Knox County
Company D - Men primarily recruited from Spencer County
Company E - Men primarily recruited from Warrick County
Company F - Men primarily recruited from Martin County
Company G - Men primarily recruited from Gibson, Pike and Posey counties
Company H - Men primarily recruited from Vanderburgh and Warrick counties
Company I - Men primarily recruited from Daviess County
Company K - Men primarily recruited from Dubois County

Command Structure

Time period	Command
February 1862 to June 1863	District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio
June 1863 to August 1863	1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
August 1863 to October 1863	2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
October 1863 to November 1863	4th Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
November 1863 to April 1864	2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Department of the Ohio
April 1864 to February 1865	2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio
February 1865 to June 1865	Department of North Carolina

Service

Date	Event
August 20, 1862	Left State for Henderson, Kentucky
August 25, 1862	Action at Madisonville, Kentucky
Through August, 1863	Guard duty along line of Louisville & Nashville Railroad
September 12, 1862	Skirmish at Bradenburg, Kentucky
September 14, 1862	Skirmish at Henderson, Kentucky (Company D)
April 1863	Regiment mounted
July 21, 1863	Action at Cheshire, Ohio
July 29, 1863	Dixon (Company E)
August 16-October 17, 1863	Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee
September 2, 1863	Occupation of Knoxville
September 11, 1863	Action at Greenville
September 18, 1863	Kingsport
September 19, 1863	Bristol
September 20-21, 1863	Zollicoffer
September 20-21, 1863	Carter's Depot
September 21, 1863	Jonesborough
September 22, 1863	Hall's Ford, Watauga River
September 22, 1863	Carter's Depot
October 10, 1863	Blue Springs
October 11, 1863	Henderson's Mill and Rheatown
October 14, 1863	Blountsville
October 15, 1863	Bristol
November 4-December 23, 1863	Knoxville Campaign
November 19, 1863	Mulberry Gap
December 2, 1863	Walker's Ford, Clinch River
December 12, 1863	Near Maynardsville
December 14, 1863	Bean's Station
December 16-19, 1863	Blain's Cross Roads
January 16, 1864	Kimbrough's Cross Roads
January 16-17 and January 26-28, 1864	Operations about Dandridge
January 17, 1864	Dandridge
March 12, 1864	Scout to Chucky Bend
April 21, 1864	Regiment dismounted
May 1-September 8, 1864	Atlanta Campaign
May 8-13, 1864	Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton
May 14-15, 1864	Battle of Resaca
May 20, 1864	Cartersville
May 25-June 5, 1864	Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills
June 10-July 2, 1864	Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 15-17, 1864	Lost Mountain
June 17, 1864	Muddy Creek
June 22, 1864	Cheyney's Farm
June 26-27, 1864	Olley's Farm
June 27, 1864	Assault on Kenesaw
July 2-5, 1864	Nickajack Creek
July 5-17, 1864	Chattahoochie River
July 8, 1864	Isham's Ford
July 22-August 25, 1864	Siege of Atlanta
August 5-7, 1864	Utoy Creek
August 25-30, 1864	Flank movement on Jonesboro
August 31, 1864	Near Rough and Ready
September 2-6, 1864	Lovejoy's Station
September 28, 1864	Decatur
October 3-26, 1864	Pursuit of Hood into Alabama
November-December, 1864	Nashville Campaign
November 24-27, 1864	Columbia, Duck River
November 30, 1864	Battle of Franklin
December 15-16, 1864	Battle of Nashville
December 17-28, 1864	Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
Through January 16, 1865	At Clifton, Tennessee
January 16-February 9, 1865	Movement to Washington, D. C., thence to Fort Fisher, North Carolina
February 11-14, 1865	Operations against Hoke
February 11, 1865	Sugar Leaf Battery
February 18-19, 1865	Fort Anderson
February 19-20, 1865	Town Creek
February 22, 1865	Capture of Wilmington
March 1-April 26, 1865	Campaign of the Carolinas
March 6-21, 1865	Advance on Goldsboro
April 10-14, 1865	Advance on Raleigh
April 14, 1865	Occupation of Raleigh
April 26, 1865	Bennett's House
	Surrender of Johnston and his army
Through June, 1865	Duty at Raleigh and Greensboro
June 22, 1865	Mustered out

Strength

Original recruitment strength was 942 with 228 additional troops; total, 1,170. Regiment lost during service 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 216 Enlisted men by disease. Total 254, Additionally, 59 desertions and 8 unaccounted.

References

Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. 1908.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 2, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1865

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 6, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866

"The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3

External links

National Park Service – Regiment Details – Union Indiana Volunteers – 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

The Civil War Archive: Union Regimental Histories – Indiana – 65th Regiment Infantry

Civil War Index: 65th Indiana Infantry in the American Civil War

Family Search: 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Indiana Military Units in the Civil War

Heavy Artillery	1st Regiment

Light Artillery	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment 14th Regiment 15th Regiment 16th Regiment 17th Regiment 18th Regiment 19th Regiment 20th Regiment 21st Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Regiment 26th Regiment

Cavalry	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment Stewart's Company Bracken's Company Mounted Scouts (Independent Company)

Infantry (3 Month Enlistments)	6th Regiment) 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 54th Regiment

Infantry (1 Year Enlistments)	12th Regiment 16th Regiment

Infantry	6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment 14th Regiment 15th Regiment 16th Regiment 17th Regiment 18th Regiment 19th Regiment 20th Regiment 21st Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Regiment 26th Regiment 27th Regiment 28th Regiment 29th Regiment 30th Regiment 31st Regiment 32nd Regiment 33rd Regiment 34th Regiment 35th Regiment 36th Regiment 37th Regiment 38th Regiment 39th Regiment 40th Regiment 41st Regiment 42nd Regiment 43rd Regiment 44th Regiment 45th Regiment 46th Regiment 47th Regiment 48th Regiment 49th Regiment 50th Regiment 51st Regiment 52nd Regiment 53rd Regiment 54th Regiment 55th Regiment 56th Regiment 57th Regiment 58th Regiment 59th Regiment 60th Regiment 61st Regiment 62nd Regiment 63rd Regiment 64th Regiment 65th Regiment 66th Regiment 67th Regiment 68th Regiment 69th Regiment 70th Regiment 71st Regiment 72nd Regiment 73rd Regiment 74th Regiment 75th Regiment 76th Regiment 77th Regiment 78th Regiment 79th Regiment 80th Regiment 81st Regiment 82nd Regiment 83rd Regiment 84th Regiment 85th Regiment 86th Regiment 87th Regiment 88th Regiment 89th Regiment 90th Regiment 91st Regiment 92nd Regiment 93rd Regiment 94th Regiment 95th Regiment 96th Regiment 97th Regiment 98th Regiment 99th Regiment 100th Regiment 101st Regiment 102nd Regiment 103rd Regiment 104th Regiment 105th Regiment 106th Regiment 107th Regiment 108th Regiment 109th Regiment 110th Regiment 111th Regiment 112th Regiment 113th Regiment 114th Regiment 115th Regiment 116th Regiment 117th Regiment 118th Regiment 119th Regiment 120th Regiment 121st Regiment 122nd Regiment 123rd Regiment 124th Regiment 125th Regiment 126th Regiment 127th Regiment 128th Regiment 129th Regiment 130th Regiment 131st Regiment 132nd Regiment 133rd Regiment 134th Regiment 135th Regiment 136th Regiment 137th Regiment 138th Regiment 139th Regiment 140th Regiment 141st Regiment 142nd Regiment 143rd Regiment 144th Regiment 145th Regiment 146th Regiment 147th Regiment 148th Regiment 149th Regiment 150th Regiment 151st Regiment 152nd Regiment 153rd Regiment 154th Regiment 155th Regiment 156th Regiment 157th Regiment 158th Regiment 159th Regiment

See also: Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State and List of Indiana Civil War regiments

Indiana in the American Civil War

People	William A. Bowles Jesse D. Bright Ambrose Burnside Harrison H. Dodd Alvin P. Hovey Andrew Humphreys Lambdin P. Milligan Oliver P. Morton Francis A. Shoup Lew Wallace Indiana regiments

Places	Camp Joe Holt Camp Morton Jefferson General Hospital Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot Military Park New Albany National Cemetery

Battles Raids	Battle of Corydon Battle of Pogue's Run Hines' Raid Morgan's Raid Newburgh Raid

See also: Indianapolis in the American Civil War

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