During the Civil War the state of Indiana provided 208, 367 soldiers and 2,130 sailors to the Union cause--of whom 24, 416 were killed and 48,568 wounded in service. On the army side, the state contributed 129 Infantry units, 13 cavalry, 1 cavalry company, 1 regiment of Heavy Artillery and 26 light artillery batteries. Nearly all of these were posted to the western theatre, though some surfaced in east, with a half dozen present at the Battle of Gettysburg— [3rd Indiana Cavalry, 7th-14th-19th - 20th- and 27th Infantry].

The Horse Soldier takes pleasure in honoring the Hoosier state by offering a selection of Indiana regimental histories, of which this is one; some of the volumes are quite scarce.

By John Thomas Smith. Published by the Western Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, OH: 1900. 226 pp., ills. Light blue glazed cloth, 6.25 x 9.25”, w/gilt spine lettering. Exhibits very slight wear at the extremities, & very slight soiling of spine. Else VG; an attractive copy.

The Thirty-First Indiana was organized and mustered in at Terre Haute, 9/15/1861. Initially assigned to the western Army of Ohio, this unit later transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, with whom it served the remainder of the war. Battle and Campaign activities: Battles of Ft. Donelson and Shiloh, Pursuit of Bragg, Battles of Perryville and Stone’s River. 1863—Stone’s River [Jan.], Tullahoma Campaign, Battle of Chickamauga, Siege of Chattanooga. 1864—Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Pursuit of Hood, Nashville Campaign, Battles of Franklin and Nashville. 1865—Posted to New Orleans, thence to Texas. Mustered out at San Antonio, December 8, 1865. During service the 31^st Indiana lost 120 men killed and mortally wounded and 258 by disease for a

This Hoosier regiment saw action galore. Author Smith was the unit’s third and final colonel. Excellent unit, fine collectible.   [jp]

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