By S.F. Horral, late Captain of Company G, 42^nd Indiana Infantry. Donohue & Hennebury, Printers, Chicago, IL: 1892. 283 pp., ills. Blue cloth spine, green card covers, 7.75 x 5.75”, w/gilt spine lettering. Exhibits light soiling of cover, & light wear at the extremities. Else VG, w/tight spine, light transel-wrap protective cover.

The 42^nd Indiana was organized and mustered at Evansville, IN, October 9, 1861. It served exclusively in the West, attached first to the Army of the Ohio before transferring to the Army of the Cumberland. Battle and campaign activities: 1862—Capture of Decatur, AL, Pursuit of Bragg, Battle of Perryville and Stone’s River. 1863—Stone’s River [Jan.], Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge. 1864/65-Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, March to the Sea and through the Carolinas, Bentonville, surrender of Johnston’s army at Bennett House, April 26, 1865. Washington Grand Review, mustered out in Louisville, KY, July 21, 1865. During service the 42^nd Indiana lost 113 men killed and mortally wounded and 196 to disease for a total of 310. In all, another solid Indiana unit, serving in the west.

Rare regimental history, highly collectible.    [jp]

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