100th Indiana Infantry Regiment

February 2013 100th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry September 10, 1862 - June 8, 1865 Indiana, Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. III (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglas, State Printer, 1866), pp. 140-47. United States 1865 23px Union Infantry Regiment American Civil War Vicksburg Campaign Battle of Missionary Ridge Atlanta Campaign Sherman's March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville The 100th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of three Union regiments referred to as the Persimmon regiment. Organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and mustered on September 10, 1862, the 100th participated in major campaigns and in 25 battles. The regiment was in the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C., on May 23–24, 1865, and mustered out on June 8, 1865. It lost during its service 58 officers and enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded, and 176 by disease for a total of 234 fatalities.Indiana-Vicksburg Military Park Commission, Indiana at Vicksburg (Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1911), p. 387. Two officers of the 100th Indiana were awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, on November 25, 1863: Captain Charles W. Brouse of Company K, and Major Ruel M. Johnson, then in temporary command of the regiment. Colonels Colonel Sanford J. Stoughton - resigned January 7, 1864. Lieutenant Colonel Albert Heath - discharged for disability May 10, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ruel M. Johnson - mustered out with regiment on June 8, 1865. See also List of Indiana Civil War regiments References Bibliography Transcription of letter showing Colonel Stoughton Another Transcription of letter showing Colonel Stoughton Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Indiana Category:1862 establishments in Indiana Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:1865 disestablishments in Indiana