8th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months)

8th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 8th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry


caption=Indiana flag
dates= April 21, 1861 to August 6, 1861
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Rich Mountain

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

ervice

The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana on April 21, for a three month enlistment.

The regiment mustered out of service on August 6, 1861.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 4 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 3 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 7 fatalities. [ [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#8th The Civil War Archive website] after Dyer, Frederick Henry. "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion". 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]

Colonels

*Colonel

ee also

*List of Indiana Civil War regiments

Notes

References

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionin.htm The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units]
* [http://civilwarindiana.com/reg_history_inf0.html Civil War - Indiana]


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