76th_Indiana_Infantry_Regiment

76th Indiana Infantry Regiment

76th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War

The 76th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 76th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for thirty days service on July 20, 1862, under the command of Colonel James Gavin, who was temporarily reassigned from his command with the 7th Indiana Infantry.

The regiment mustered out of service on August 20, 1862.

Detailed service

Duty at Evansville, Indiana, and at Henderson, Kentucky, operating against guerrillas and protecting steamboats on the Ohio River until August 20.

See also

References

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Attribution
  • Public Domain This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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