118th Indiana Infantry Regiment

118th Regiment Indiana Infantry August 1863 – March 1–4, 1864 United States United States 1863 UnionIndiana Union Army Infantry Regiment George W. Jackson American Civil War Knoxville campaign (1863) Battle of Blue Springs (1863) Battle of Walker's Ford (1863) 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. 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 Indiana List of Indiana Civil War regiments Indiana in the Civil War References Dyer Frederick H. Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: 118th Indiana Infantry Regiment https://books.google.com/books?id=OBkNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1154 1908 Des Moines, Iowa Dyer Publishing Co. January 31, 2022 1154–1155 Attribution Category:Military units and formations established in 1863 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Category:1864 disestablishments in Indiana Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Indiana Category:1863 establishments in Indiana