# 52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 52nd Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 52nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Rushville and Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on February 1, 1862.
The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March 1862. Garrison Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee, to April 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tennessee, to September 1862. Garrison Fort Pillow, Tennessee, to November 1862. District of Columbus, Kentucky, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to January 1863. District of Columbus, Kentucky, 6th Division, XVI Corps, to January 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVI Corps, to December 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division (detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, to August 1865.
The 52nd Indiana Infantry mustered out September 10, 1865.

## Detailed service

February 1, 1862: Regiment raised in Rushville, Indiana
February 7, 1862: Left Rushville, Indiana for Fort Donelson, TN
February 12–16, 1862: Victory at the Battle of Fort Donelson
February 16, 1862 - April 18, 1862: Garrison at Fort Henry, TN
March 11, 1862: Action at Paris, TN with light casualties. Withdrew
April 18, 1862: Moved to Pittsburg Landing, TN in the aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh
April 29, 1862 - May 30, 1862: Advance on and sieged of the town of Corinth, TN as General Henry Halleck pursued confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard in retreat from Shilo.
June 1, 1862 - July 21, 1862: March to Memphis, Tennessee, via Grand Junction, LaGrange, and Holly Springs
June 4, 1862: During the march to Memphis, Colonel James M Smith resigned and Lt. Colonel Edward H. Wolfe assumed command
July 22, 1862 - September 1, 1862: Duty at Memphis, TN
September 2, 1862: Action near Memphis, TN
September 17, 1862: Durhamsville
September 30, 1862, to January 18, 1863: Garrison duty at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, and operations against guerrillas in Tennessee and Arkansas .
September 19–25, 1863: Expedition to Jackson, MS (as a detachment)
September 28, 1863 - October 5, 1863: Expedition to Covington, Durhamsville, and Fort Randolph
November 21, 1863 – November 22, 1863: Scout from Fort Pillow
January 18, 1864: Ordered to Vicksburg, Mississippi
February 3, 1864 - March 2, 1864: Meridian Campaign
February 5, 1864: Clinton
February 14–15, 1864: Meridian, MS
March 1864 - April 1864: Veterans absent on furlough
March 4, 1864: Left Vicksburg, MS
March 17, 1864: Return to Rushville, IN
April 23, 1864: Left for the field
April 26, 1864: Reached Columbus, Kentucky
Moved to Morganza, Louisiana
Moved to Vicksburg, MS
Non-veterans temporarily attached to the 89th Indiana Infantry.
March 10, 1864 - May 22, 1864: Red River Campaign
March 14, 1864: Fort DeRussy
March 21, 1864: Bayou Rapides
April 9, 1864: Battle of Pleasant Hill
April 23, 1864: Cane River Crossing
April 26, 1864 - May 13, 1864: At Alexandria, LA
May 3, 1864: Moore's Plantation
May 6, 1864: Bayou LeMourie
May 13–20, 1864: Retreat to Morganza, MS
May 16, 1864: Mansura
May 18, 1864: Yellow Bayou
May 20-June 10: Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi then to Memphis, Tennessee,
June 6–7, 1864: Lake Chicot, Arkansas
June 23, 1864: Colliersville, Tennessee
June 23, 1864: Near Lafayetteville
July 5–21, 1864: Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, MS
July 11–12, 1864: About Pontotoc
July 14–15, 1864: Harrisburg, Tupelo, MS
July 15, 1864: Old Town (or Tishomingo) Creek
August 1, 1864 – August 30, 1864: Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Mississippi
September 26, 1864 -November 19, 1864: March through Missouri in pursuit of Price
November 26-December 1, 1864: Moved to Nashville, Tennessee
December 15–16, 1864: Victory at the Battle of Nashville
December 17–23, 1864: Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
December 24, 1864 - February 1865: Duty at Clifton, Tennessee, and Eastport, Mississippi
February 6–17: Moved to New Orleans, LA
March 17-April 12, 1865: Campaign against Mobile and its defenses
March 26, 1865 - April 8, 1865: Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely
April 9, 1865: Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9
April 12, 1865: Occupation of Mobile, Alabama
April 13–25, 1865: Moved to Montgomery, Alabama
April 25, 1865 - July 14, 1865: Duty at Montgomery, AL
May 25, 1865: Troops from the disbanded 50th Indiana Infantry Regiment joined the regiment
July 15, 1865 - August 28, 1865: At Tuskegee, Alabama
September 10, 1865: Regiment mustered out of service and all troops discharged
September 21, 1865: The surviving veterans of the 50th Infantry returned home to Seymour, Indiana

## Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 205 men during service; 2 officers and 26 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 175 enlisted men died of disease.

## Commanders

* Colonel James M. Smith - resigned June 4, 1862
* Colonel Edward H. Wolfe
* Lieutenant Colonel Zalmon S. Main - commanded during the Battle of Nashville and the Mobile Campaign
* Captain W. L. Guard - commanded during the Siege of Corinth