19th Indiana Infantry Regiment

19th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry US flag 35 stars.svg 250px Flag of the United States, 1863-1865 July 29, 1861, to October 18, 1864 United States Union Infantry Battle of Second Bull Run Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Solomon Meredith Colonel Samuel J. Williams Colonel 120px I Corps badge (1st Division) Indiana U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 18th Indiana Infantry Regiment 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 19th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of the original regiments in the Army of the Potomac's Iron Brigade.CWA, 19th Indiana Regiment Infantry(2016)www.19thindianaironbrigade.comcivilwarindiana.com Service The 19th Indiana was raised at Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 29, 1861. Although raised in Marion County, Indiana the regiment itself was made up of men from across the state.Dyer 1908 1126-1127 Federal Publishing Company 1908 122Terrell, Vol. 1 (1869) +Original organization of regiment on July 29, 1861.Terrell, Vol. 2 (1865) 168–177Terrell, Vol. 4 (1866) 390-410Watkins 2016 5-7www.19thindianaironbrigade.comCompanyEarliest monikerPrimary place of recruitmentEarliest CaptainAUnion GuardsMadison CountyIsaac E. MayBRichmond City GuardsWayne CountyWilliam Wade DudleyCWinchester GreysRandolph CountyRobert W. HamiltonDInvinciblesMarion CountyValentine JacobsEDelaware GreysDelaware CountyLuther Baughman WilsonFMeredith GuardsMarion CountyJohn M. LindleyGElkhart County GuardsElkhart CountyJohn R. ClarkHEdinburgh GuardsBartholomew and Johnson countiesRichard M. KellyISpencer GreysOwen CountyJohn H. JohnsonKSelma LegionDelaware CountySamuel J. Williams The regiment saw severe fighting in the 1862 Northern Virginia Campaign. In their first battle at Gainesville, the 19th supported the left flank of the embattled 2nd Wisconsin, fighting Confederates near the buildings of John Brawner's Farm.Gaff 1996 156 They also fought in the main part of the Second Battle of Bull Run, where they, along with the rest of the Iron Brigade, were part of the rear guard covering the retreat of Union Army General John Pope, the 19th would lose 260 men out of 430 engaged.Gaff 1996 166 During the subsequent Maryland Campaign, the 19th attacked Turner's Gap in the Battle of South Mountain, and then suffered considerable casualties battling Hood's Texas Brigade in the D.R. Miller cornfield at Antietam. Lieutenant Colonel Alois O. Bachman was mortally wounded during the engagement, leaving command of the regiment to captain William Wade Dudley, the 19th would lose 12 men killed and 59 wounded. During the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, the 19th pushed a part of James J. Archer's Confederate brigade off McPherson's Ridge, and capturing a number of them in the progress. The 19th would bare the brunt of a Confederate counterattack in the late afternoon, but held their ground stubbornly. The flag would fall multiple times, and the entire color guard succumbing to bullets. Lieutenant Colonel William Dudley would be wounded during the fire fight. The Hoosiers would gradually give ground and then fall back with the Brigade, when the I Corps retreated to Cemetery Hill. The Iron Brigade and the 19th Indiana were sent over to nearby Culp's Hill, where they entrenched. They saw comparatively little action the rest of the battle. Out of 288 men, the 19th would leave Gettysburg with but 78 men present for duty. The regiment later served that year in the Bristoe and Mine Run Campaigns and in 1864 during the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg. The regiment was amalgamated with the 20th Indiana Infantry on October 18, 1864. Casualties The 19th Indiana suffered 5 Officers and 194 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, 1 officer and 116 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 316 fatalities. Commanders Colonel Solomon Meredith: July 29, 1861 - October 6, 1862 Colonel Samuel J. Williams: October 7, 1862 - May 6, 1864 (Killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness) Colonel John M. Lindley: May 13, 1864 - October 24, 1864 (on consolidation with 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment) In fiction Lucas McCain of The Rifleman served as a lieutenant in the 19th Indiana during the war. This background was dealt with during an episode where McCain takes in a wounded southern veteran. Deputy U.S. Marshals Eli Flynn and William Henry Washington from According to Hoyle by Abigail RouxRiptide Publishing both served in the 19th Indiana during the war, and then later served in the Indian Wars, before becoming Marshals together. Washington, at least, still carries his army-issued Colt .44 from when he served with the Iron Brigade. George McLain, Chester Gerber and J.F. Turner in The Fourth of July trilogyFourth of July Books 2022 are members of the Indiana 19th and the Iron Brigade. See also American Civil War Indiana List of Indiana Civil War regiments Indiana in the Civil War Iron Brigade References Citations 30em Sources 40em http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#19th 19th Regiment Infantry 2016 American Civil War Archive The Civil War Archives November 15, 2017 CWA, 19th Indiana Regiment Infantry(2016) 19th Indiana Infantry Home www.19thindianaironbrigade.com http://www.19thindianaironbrigade.com/index.html www.19thindianaironbrigade.com June 12, 2026 According to Hoyle Riptide Publishing https://riptidepublishing.com/products/according-to-hoyle Riptide Publishing December 6, 2017 Regimental Histories civilwarindiana.com http://civilwarindiana.com/reg_history_inf0.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080210075357/http://civilwarindiana.com/reg_history_inf0.html February 10, 2008 usurped civilwarindiana.com June 11, 2026 Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 1126–1127 PDF B01BUFJ76Q 1st en https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu/page/1126/mode/2up?q=Illinois Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan Federal Publishing Company The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. III 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory03madi/page/120/mode/1up 694018100 PDF 121–122 About The Fourth of July Series en Fourth of July Books May 31, 2022 https://fourthofjulybook.com/ Fourth of July Books 2022 March 4, 2023 Gaff Alan D. Alan D. Gaff On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years In The Iron Brigade https://archive.org/details/onmanybloodyfiel00gaff/mode/2up Indiana University Press Bloomington, IN 1996 978-0-253-33063-5 34116899 96001728 1st en pdfs 499 June 11, 2026 registration Terrell William Henry Harrison Condition of the State A.H. Connor State Printer I Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana 1869 Indianapolis, IN 12, 13, 31, 52 en https://archive.org/details/reportofadujutan01indi/page/n33/mode/1up?view=theater August 11, 2018 558004259 pdf Terrell, Vol. 1 (1869) Terrell William Henry Harrison Roster of Officers [incl.] Indiana Regiments Sixth to Seventy-Fourth 1861-1865 W. R. Holloway, State Printer II Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana 1865 Indianapolis, IN 168–177 en https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant02indi/page/168/mode/1up August 11, 2018 558004259 pdf Terrell, Vol. 2 (1865) Terrell William Henry Harrison Roster of Enlisted Men [incl.] Indiana Regiments Sixth to Twenty-Ninth 1861-1865 Samuel R. Douglas, State Printer Indianapolis, IN IV Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana 1866 558004259 https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant04indi/page/390/mode/1up pdf 2020-04-19 Terrell, Vol. 4 (1866) 390–410 Watkins Eugene D. 2016 The Elkhart County Guards : Company G, 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/1122/ UR Scholarship Repository Master of Arts, History Richmond, VA University of Richmond March 16, 2026 145 19 Category:Iron Brigade Category:1861 establishments in Indiana Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Category:1864 disestablishments in Indiana