1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
- 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
caption=Nebraska state flag
dates= June 11, 1861 to November 6, 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=
The 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was initially organized to protect the Nebraska Territory from Indian attacks, but primarily served in the Western Theater before being reorganized and sent to the frontier.
ervice
When the war started, U.S. Regular Army troops were withdrawn from Fort Kearny and Fort Randall to serve in more threatened areas, but at the increased risk to Nebraska settlers from Indian attacks. The Federal government requested that the Nebraska Territory form one volunteer regiment, with some companies supposed to stay behind to protect the territory. The territorial legislature met in special session in Omaha, and agreed to raise the requested local defense force. Thus, the 1st Regiment, Nebraska Volunteer Infantry was organized at Omaha, between June 11 and July 21, 1861, with the future governor of Nebraska and the Wyoming Territory, John Milton Thayer, as its first colonel. However, the promise was reneged, and the regiment was sent eastward in August to fight the Confederacy. [Cromie p. 173.]
Serving in the forces under Ulysses S. Grant, the 1st Nebraska Infantry participated in the successful attack on Fort Donelson in Tennessee and then fought at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. It then participated in several minor engagements in Missouri and Arkansas. The regiment was redesignated the 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry on November 6, 1863. It was transferred to the frontier to keep the Plains Indians in check. It was mustered out of the Union Army in 1866. [ [http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/4160/ First Nebraska Infantry reenactors website] ]
Total strength and casualties
Commanders
Colonel John Milton Thayer
ee also
*List of Nebraska Civil War Units
*Nebraska in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionne.htm The Civil War Archive]
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