The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-12-05
The 3Sth Ill.

The 3Sth Ill.
The regiment was organized at Springfield,
ILL.,, in August, 1861, to serve three years;
veteranized at the end of its term of enlist
ment, and was retained in service until
March 90, 1866. Col. William p. Carlin,
graduate of West Point, and an officer in the
Regular Army, was the first commander.
He was promoted to be Brigadier-General
May 2, 1863 Lieut.-Col. Daniel FL. Gilmer
was promoted to succeed Col. CarliD. He
was killed in the battle of Chickamauga
When the regiment was mustered out it was
commanded by Lisut.-Col. Edward Celyer.
Fourteen battles are credited to the com msnd
by the War Department. At the battle Of
Stone River it lost "a killed, 100 wounded
and "a missing. It was then in Davis's
Division, Fourteenth Corps. At Chicka-
manga, while in Davis's Division, it lost 80
killed out Of 301 engaged, or over 10 per
cent. The regiment also served in Stanley's
Division, Fourth Corps, for some time. It's
total loss during its term of enlistment was
seven officers aud 107 men killed and three
officers and III men died. Although not one
Of the 300 regiments. it was brave COM
mand, and wherever it was engaged it losses
bore record of its valor.
The 4sth III.
The command was formed at Camp But
Ter, near Springfield, ILL.,, in the Fall of 1861,
to serve three years. On the expiration of
its term the regiment veteranized, and was
retained in service until Aug. Is, 1865. Col.
Isham n. Haynie, who commanded the regi
ment when it took the field, was promoted to
be Brigadier General Nov. 30, 1862. Col. VIM.
W. Sanford resigned Jan. %, 1854. Col
Lucien Greatbouse was killed in action at
Atlanta, Ga, July 90, 1864. Col. Ashley T.
Galbraith was discharged Jan. %, 1865. Col.
Thomas l.. 3. Weems was in command wien
the regiment was mustered out. The COM
mand is given by Col Fox as one of the 300
lighting regiments, and as serving in divers
Brigade, Hazen's Division, Fifteenth Corps
Its total enrolment was 1850. Ten officers
and 113 men were killed in action aud six
officers and 251 men died.
The 34th Ind.
This regiment was organized at Anderson, |
Ind, In September and October, 1864, to serve !
three years, and veteranized at the end of /
that term, remaining in service until Feb. 3, |
1866 According to the War Department |
the command was engaged in II battles. /
Col. Asbury Steele resigned Jan. IA, 1862
Col. Townsend Ryan resigned June IL, 1862;
Col. Robert A. Cameron was promoted to be /
Brigadier-General Oct z, 1868; Col. Robert /
the command was mustered out Col. Robert |
G. Morrison was the ranking officer Capt |
James W. Campbell, of this regiment, was |
promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel of the |
10th o. s. c. T.; Capt. George w. Jackson |
was promoted to be Colonel of the 18th Ind. |
The regiment served in Hovey's Division, |
Thirteenth Corps, and lost two officers aud |
81 men killed and five officers and 2O4 men |
died.
The 4eth Ind.
The regiment was organized at Jefferson
vile, Ind, Nov. 81, 1861, to serve three
years. On the expiration of that term the
original members, except veterans, were
mustered out, and the organization, COM
posed of veterans and recruits, consolidated
into q battalion of six companies which was
retained in service until Sept. Is, 1866. Col
John w. Ray, who commanded the regiment |
when it entered the field, resigned Oct. IL,
1862. He was succeeded by Col. James
Keigwin, who was mustered out at the ex-
piratiOn of his term of enlistment, Nov. 30,
1854. Daring remainder of service Col Jas.
Leeper was in command. The 10th Ind.
served in Osterhauss Division, Thirteenth
Corps. Its total loss was one officer and 40
men killed and three officers and 1872 men
died.
The 50th Ind, /
The regiment was organized at SEYMOUR
Ind, Dec. 81, 1861, to serve three years, at
the expiration of which time it veteranized
and was consolidated into q battalion of five
1t was mustered out Nav 26.
1865. Col Cyrus l.. Durham was commits
stoned upon the organization of the regi-
ment, and was in command until November.
1868, when he resigned. He was succeeded
by Col. Samuel T. Wells, who remained with
the command until mustered out. The 5Oth
Ind. served in KimbalPs Division, Sixteenth
Corps, and lost three officers and 81 men b
killed and three officers and 158 men died.
The 4th Ky. Cav.
This regiment, with the exception of Co.
L, was organized at Camp Anderson and
Louisville, KY, from Dec. "a, 1861, to Nov. !
Is, 1862, to serve three years. Co. l. was
organized at Louisville, KY, April 20, 1854
10 serve three years. The original members,
except veterans, were mustered out as their
terms expired, and the organization, COM
posed Of veterans and recruits, retained in
service until Aug. 81, 1865. Col. Jesse I
Bayles was discharged April 4, 1862. Col. I
Green Clay Smith was promoted Brigadier- +
General June H. 1862. During the latter a
part of service the regiment was commanded
~ Col. Wickliffe Cooper. The regiment
eryed in MitcheiPs Division, Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Cumberland. Its loss was one
III mar and 2O man killad opd opa of; non orJ \