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Later wars, including World War I and World War II led to the death of tens of thousands of Hoosiers overseas, but the American Civil War was the last war in which an actual battle occurred within Indiana.
Indiana's state seal during the war. Indiana was the first of the country's western states to mobilize for the Civil War. [1] When news reached Indiana of the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, many Indiana residents were surprised, but their response was immediate.
The 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment, later designated the 41st Indiana Infantry Regiment, was the first complete cavalry regiment raised in the U.S. state of Indiana to fight in the American Civil War. [ 1 ]
The attack occurred during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War as a force of 2,500 cavalry invaded the North in support of the Tullahoma Campaign. It was the only pitched battle of the Civil War that occurred in Indiana, and no battle has occurred within Indiana since. [3]
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Hartpence, William R. History of the Fifty-First Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry: A Narrative of its Organization, Marches, Battles and Other Experiences in Camp and Prison, from 1861 to 1866 (Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, Printers), 1894. Attribution
The Civil War Archive, Union Regimental Index: Indiana; Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. LCCN 59-12963. Holloway, William R. (2004). Civil War Regiments from Indiana. eBookOnDisk.com Pensacola, Florida. ISBN 1-9321-5731-X. [note 1]
The category refers to people, places, and events in the state of Indiana during the American Civil War ... List of battles fought in Indiana; S.
Battles of the American Civil War in Indiana (2 P) ... Pages in category "Battles in Indiana" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.