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50th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 50th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. ServiceThe 50th Indiana Infantry was organized at Seymour, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 12, 1861. The regiment was attached to 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June 1862. Unassigned Railroad Guard, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. District of Louisville, Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862. District of Jackson, Tennessee, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, District of Jackson, Tennessee, XVI Corps, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVI Corps, to August 1863. True's Brigade, Arkansas Expedition, to January 1864. Unassigned, 2nd Division, VII Corps, Department of Arkansas, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, to May 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps, to February 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIII Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, to April 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, to May 1865. The 50th Indiana Infantry ceased to exist on May 25, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 52nd Indiana Infantry. Detailed serviceOctober 25, 1861: Moved to New Albany, Indiana December 25: Bardstown, Kentucky February 1862: Advanced on Bowling Green, Kentucky February 10-March 3: Advanced on Nashville, Tennessee until September 1862: Guard duty along Louisville & Nashville Railroad July 4–28: Operations against Morgan August 20: Pilot Knob, Drake’s Creek, Manscoe’s (Mansker’s) Creek (Companies C, E, I, K) September 14–17: Siege of Munfordville, Kentucky (Companies A, B, D, F, and H) September 17: Captured until November: Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Indiana (and duty there) November 1–10: Moved to Jackson, Tennessee December 18, 1862 to January 3, 1863: Operations against Forrest in western Tennessee December 29–30: Huntington December 30: Parker's Cross Roads, near Jackson December 30: Clarksburg (detachment). December 31: Red Mound (or Parker's) Cross Roads until August 1863: Duty at Jackson, Collierville and Memphis, Tennessee August 28: Moved to Helena, Arkansas September 1–10: Steele's Expedition to Little Rock September 10: Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock until March 1864: Garrison duty at Lewisburg, Arkansas March 2, 1864: Reenlisted March 23-May 3: Steele's Expedition to Camden April 2: Antoine and Terre Noir Creek April 9–12: Prairie D'Ann April 15: Camden April 15–16: Liberty Post Office April 16–18: Camden April 17: Red Mound April 30: Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River until July: Duty at Little Rock until December: non-veterans duty at Little Rock July–August: Veterans absent on furlough until January 1865: Duty at Little Rock January 22-February 4: Carr's Expedition to Saline River February 1865: Moved to Mobile Point, Alabama March 17-April 12: Campaign against Mobile and its defenses . March: Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely April 9: Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 12: Capture of Mobile April 13: Whistler's Station April 13-22: March to Montgomery May 25, 1865: Merged with the 52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment CasualtiesThe regiment lost a total of 218 men during service; 3 officers and 54 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 158 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders
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