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Blood Shed In This War. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87195-269-1. Peake, Michael A. "German Indiana Regt. Monument To be Preserved". Civil War News. Archived from the original on 2007-04-07; Peake, Mike. "Baptism of Fire at Rowlett's Station, Kentucky". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21
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.
In November 1866, the city continued to honor the service of Civil War veterans as the host of the first national Grand Army of the Republic encampment. [91] The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in downtown Indianapolis was erected to honor Indiana veterans of the Civil War. Construction began in 1888 after two decades of discussion.
German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War [citation needed].More than 200,000 native-born Germans, along with another 250,000 1st-generation German-Americans, served in the Union Army, notably from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
The Hines' Raid was a Confederate exploratory mission led by Thomas Hines, on orders from John Hunt Morgan, into the state of Indiana in June 1863 during the American Civil War. Hines aimed to prepare the groundwork of Morgan's Raid across the Ohio River into Indiana and Ohio by seeing what support the local Knights of the Golden Circle and ...
The Newburgh Raid was a successful raid by Confederate partisans on Newburgh, Indiana, on July 18, 1862, making it the first town in a northern state to be captured during the American Civil War. Confederate colonel Adam Rankin Johnson led the raid by using a force of only about 35 men he had recruited from nearby Henderson, Kentucky . [ 1 ]
American Civil War: 0 Confederate States of America vs United States of America: Hines' Raid: June 18, 1863 Orange & Crawford counties [4] American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: 3 Confederate States of America vs United States of America and Indiana Legion: Battle of Brandenburg Crossing: July 7, 1863 East of Mauckport: American Civil War: Morgan's ...
1st Indiana on the move at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1st Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery was a heavy artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was nicknamed the "Jackass Regiment". Before being converted into an artillery unit in 1863, it served as the 21st Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.