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Military unit
The
142nd Indiana Infantry Regiment
was an
infantry regiment
from
Indiana
that served in the
Union Army
between November 3, 1864, and July 14, 1865, during the
American Civil War
.
Service
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The regiment was recruited at
Fort Wayne
and organized at
Indianapolis, Indiana
, with a strength of 1,015 men
[1]
and mustered in on November 3, 1864.
[1]
[2]
It left Indiana for
Nashville, Tennessee
, on November 18 was assigned post duty there until July 1865.
[1]
[2]
The regiment was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
20th Corps
and was left behind when the Corps marched into
Georgia
with Major General
Sherman's
Army.
[1]
[2]
With the 2nd Brigade, the regiment was in reserve at the
Battle of Nashville
on December 15?16, 1864. It occupied the left of the inner line of defense from the
Cumberland River
to
Fort Negley
.
[1]
After the battle, the regiment remained at Nashville until it was mustered out on July 14, 1865.
[1]
[2]
During its service the regiment incurred sixty-four fatalities, another twenty-eight deserted and twenty-two men unaccounted for.
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Notes
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References
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Holloway (2004), pp. 147?148.
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Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,157.
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