The 65th Regiment Indiana Infantry, 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 BatteryUnited States. (1895). Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion: Series 1., Vol 47, Part 1 Reports. Washington, D.C: GPO. February 18–19, 1865 Fort Anderson February 19–20, 1865 Town Creek February 22, 1865 Battle of Wilmington and capture of the city 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.
See also List of Indiana Civil War regiments
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
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