6th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months)
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| 6th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | April 22, 1861 to August 2, 1861 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Philippi Races |
The 6th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (3 Months) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. This regiment was the senior Indiana regiment of the Civil War, as it was numbered in sequence after the five Indiana volunteer regiments of the U.S.-Mexican War.
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[edit] Service
The 6th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana between April 22 and April 27, 1861. The Regiment was sent to Grafton, West Virginia on May 30, 1861 and participated in the first land battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Philippi Races on June 3, 1861.
The regiment mustered out of service on August 2, 1861. Among its line officers was Capt. Jeremiah C. Sullivan, who would later rise to the rank of brigadier general.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 3 enlistedmen men who died of disease, for a total of 3 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Colonels
- Colonel Thomas T. Crittenden
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#6th3mo The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
