8th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Active	April 21, 1861, to August 6, 1861 August 20, 1861, to August 28, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Rich Mountain Springfield Expedition Battle of Milford Battle of Pea Ridge Battle of Cotton Plant Battle of Grand Gulf Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion Hill Battle of Big Black River Bridge Siege of Vicksburg - Assaults of May 19 & 22 Siege of Jackson Battle of Brownsville Battle of Fort Esperanza Battle of Berryville Third Battle of Winchester Battle of Fisher's Hill Battle of Cedar Creek

Service

The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 21, 1861, for a three-month enlistment. On June 19, 1861, the regiment was moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia, and attached to William Rosecrans' Brigade, in George B. McClellan's Provisional Army of West Virginia. On June 29, it was marched to Buckhannon, West Virginia, and occupied Buckhannon on June 30. The regiment engaged in the Western Virginia Campaign, July 6–17, fighting in the Battle of Rich Mountain on July 11. The regiment was mustered out of service on August 6, 1861.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 5 enlisted men (Alfred Wilson, Richard Lamb, First sergeant Frank Mays, Private John Scotten, and Alfred Lowder) killed in action or died of wounds and 3 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 8 fatalities.

Commanders

Relief portrait of Col. David Shunk at Vicksburg National Military Park

• Colonel David Shunk

See also

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments
• Indiana in the Civil War

References

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. pp. 1120–1121. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. Retrieved August 8, 2015. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan (PDF). The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Vol. III. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. p. 112. OCLC 694018100. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Terrell, William Henry Harrison (1865). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (pdf). Indiana Adjutant General Reports. Vol. II. Indianapolis, IN: A.H. Connor State Printer. pp. 48–56. OCLC 558004259. Retrieved August 11, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "Indiana Battle Flag Inventory". Indiana War Memorial. May 4, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

References

• The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units
• Civil War - Indiana Archived 10 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine