118th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 118th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment from Indiana that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was mustered into Federal service in July and August 1863 to serve for six months. It served in the Knoxville campaign in East Tennessee, fighting in actions at Blue Springs and Walker's Ford in 1863. The regiment was mustered out at the beginning of March 1864 having lost 3 men dead from enemy action and 87 men dead from disease.

118th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Active	August 1863 – March 1–4 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union  Indiana
Branch	Union Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Knoxville campaign (1863) Battle of Blue Springs (1863) Battle of Walker's Ford (1863)
Commanders
Notable commanders	George W. Jackson

History

Organized at Wabash, Ind., July and August, 1863, for 6 months' service. Left State for Nicholasville, Ky., September 16. Attached to Mahan's 1st Brigade, Wilcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Wilcox's Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1864.

March from Nicholasville, Ky., to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, and to Morristown October 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. March to Greenville and duty there until November 6. March across Clinch Mountain to Clinch River. Action at Walker's Ford, Clinch River, December 2. Duty at Tazewell, Maynardsville and Cumberland Gap until February, 1864. Action at Tazewell January 24. Mustered out March 1-4, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 86 Enlisted men by disease. Total 90.

See also

•  American Civil War portal
•  Indiana portal

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

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: 118th Indiana Infantry Regiment. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co. pp. 1154–1155. Retrieved January 31, 2022.

Attribution

•   This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.