6th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 years)
- 6th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 years)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 6th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
caption=Indiana flag
dates= September 20, 1861 to September 22, 1864
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Stone's River
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Resaca
The 6th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (3 years) 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 Mexican-American War.
ervice
The 6th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was re-enlisted for three year service from the original 6th Indiana at Madison, Indiana, on September 20, 1861, by Col. Thomas T. Crittenden.
The regiment mustered out of service on September 22, 1864. Soldiers of the regiment who had unexpired enlistments, and those who re-enlisted were transferred to 68th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 9 officers and 116 enlisted men killed in battle or died of wounds, and a further 2 officers and 140 enlisted men men who died of disease, for a total of 267 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#6th3yr 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 Thomas T. Crittenden
*Colonel Philemon P. Baldwin - Killed in action at the Battle of Chickamauga
*Colonel Hagerman Tripp
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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