19th
Regiment Indiana
Volunteer
Infantry
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Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in July 29, 1861.
Left State for Washington, D.C., August 5. Attached to 3rd
Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to April,
1862. 3rd Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to
June, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of
Virginia, to September, 1862. 4th Brigade, Iron Brigade, 1st
Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps to October.
SERVICE -- Affair at Lewinsville, Va., September 11, 1861.
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville September 25. Occupation of Falls
Church September 28. Duty at Fort Craig, Va., till March, 1862.
Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-16. Camp at Upton's Hill till
April 9. Advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Falmouth
and Fredericksburg till May 25. McDowell's advance on Richmond
May 25-29. Operations against Jackson June 1-21. At Warrenton
till August 5. reconnoissance to Orange Court House July 24-27.
Reconnoissance to Frederick's Hall Station and Spottsylvania
Court House August 5-8. Thornburg's Mills August 5-6. Pope's
Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the
Rappahannock August 21-23. Sulphur Springs August 26. Gainesville
Aug. 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Maryland
Campaign September 6-22. Battle of South Mountain September 14.
Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Sharpsburg till October
30.Movement to Warrenton, thence to the Rappahannock October
30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
Burnside's 2nd Campaign ("Mud March") January 20-24,
1863. Duty at Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign
April 29-May 2. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May
2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville
May 2-5. Expedition to Westmoreland County and operations on
Northern Neck May 20-26. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July
24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap
July 5-24. At Rappahannock Station and Culpepper August 1 to
October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December
2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from
the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the
Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12.
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May
12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of
the Pamunkey May 26-29. Totopotomoy May 2-31. Cold Harbor June
1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Bottom's Bridge June 12. Before
Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to October 18.
Non-Veterans mustered out July 28, 1864. Weldon R. R. August
18-21. Consolidated with 20th Indiana Infantry October 18, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 194 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 116 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 316.
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Source: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H.
Dyer. Copyright, 1908.