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The 15th Kentucky Cavalry [4] organized by Colonel Gabriel Netter in the summer of 1862, would make up 60 men during the battle. Colonel Netter was born in France in 1836 to a large Jewish family, he would immigrate to America in 1855. Colonel Netter joined the Union Army at the start of the American Civil War in 1861.
Today, 22 of the 120 counties have fewer than 10,000 residents, and half have fewer than 20,000. The 20 largest counties by population all have populations of 49,000 or higher, and just 7 of the 120 have a population of 100,000 or higher. The average county population, based on the estimated 2023 state population of 4.526 million, was 37,718.
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.
Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War.It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.
It was named for Major James Fontaine of Kentucky who was killed at Harmar's Defeat (near modern Fort Wayne, Indiana) on October 22, 1790, during the Northwest Indian War. [10] [11] Map of Fountain County from an 1876 atlas
Indiana Rangers vs Kickapoo: Attack at Fort Wayne: July 7, 1813 Fort Wayne: War of 1812: Detroit Frontier 3 United States of America vs Native Americans Newburgh Raid: July 16, 1862 Newburgh: American Civil War: 0 Confederate States of America vs United States of America: Hines' Raid: June 18, 1863 Orange & Crawford counties [4] American Civil ...
Warrick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 63,898. [1] The county seat is Boonville. [2] It was organized in 1813 and was named for Captain Jacob Warrick, an Indiana militia company commander killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. It is one of the ten fastest-growing counties in Indiana. [3]
Most of Indiana's regimental units were organized within towns or counties, but ethnic units also formed. The 32nd Indiana, the state's first German-American infantry regiment, and the 35th Indiana, the state's first Irish-American regiment, organized at Indianapolis in 1861.