The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-23
The 47th N. Y.

This regiment was organized at New York
City and Washington, d. c., Sept "a, 1861,
TO serve three years. 1t veteranized and was
retained in service until Aug. 30, 1863 Col.
Henry Moore, who recruited the regiment, re-
| signed Aug. D. 1862. Col. James l.. Frazer
then commanded the regiment for time,
but was discharged in March, 1868, and Col.
Moore was again commissioned Colonel. lie
remained in command until October, 1864,
when he was hOnorably discharged. When
mustered out Col. Christopher X. Mcdonald
was in charge of the regiment The total
loss In the service was seven officers and Iu
men killed and $50 men died. The COM
mand was in Turner's Division, Tenth Corps.
The 10th Ind.
the regiment was organized July 20, 1862,
to repel guerrilla raid, and served 80 days.
James Gavin, who commanded the regiment,
was Colonel of the 18th Ind, and John l..
Wilder, who was Lieutenant Colonel, held a
commission as Colonel of the 18th Ind. Both
were at their homes in Greensburg, Ind. on
leave, when the guerrilla raid was made into
Indiana The regiment lost number OF men
IN skirmishes with guerrillas.
The 124th Ind.
The regiment was organized at Indianapolis,
Terre Haute, and Richmond, Ind, from No
vember, 1863, to March, 1864, to serve three
years. 1t was mustered out Aug. 81, 1865.
James Burgess commanded the regiment until
July 9, 1864, when he resigned. During the
remainder of its service Col. John nj. Orr was
in command. The regiment was in Cox's
Division, Twenty-third Corps. Its loss was
two officers and "a men killed and one officer
and 12S men died.
The 12Oth Ind
The regiment wasorganized at Indianapolis,
Vincennes, and Lafayette, Ind, from Deem
Der, 1863, to March, 1864, to serve three years.
1t was mustered out Jan. 8, 1866. Col. Rich
ard f. Barter, who first commanded the regi-
ment resigned Aug. 8, 1864. He was sue
ceeded by Col. Allen w. Prather, who remained
in command until Aug. 81, 1865, when he
also resigned. Reuben C.. KiSe was then COM
missioned, and remained with the regiment
until it was mustered out. The command
served in Cox's Division Twenty third Corps,
and lost one officer and 26 men killed and
one officer and 140 men died.
The 18th Ind.
The regiment was organized at indianapolis
and Camp Wabash, Ind, in July, August and
September, 1863, to serve six months. twas
mustered out by companies at different dates
in March, 1864. Col. George w. Jackson
commanded the regiment 1t served in the
Third Division, Twenty-third Corps, with
loss of three men killed and one officer and IS
men died.
The 18th u. s. c. T..
The regiment was organized at Nashville,
Tenn, Nov. 10, 1868, to serve three years,
and was mustered out of service Jan. 10, 1866.
John A. HOttenstien was commissioned upon
the organization of the regiment and remained
in command until it was mustered out.
Lieut.. Col. Theodore Trauernicht, of this
regiment, received the brevet of Brigadier-
General March 49, 1865. Maj. William In
ness was promoted to be Colonel of the 18th
U. S. c. T. At Nashville, while in Cruft's
Division, the regiment lost "a men killed or
died of wounds. Speaking of the battle of
Nashville, Dec. 10, 1864, Col. Fox, in his
'Regimental Losses" says: THE heaviest
loss of any regiment on the field occurred in
the 18th u. S. G.. T., which, in the assault on
Overton Hill, lost SO killed, including four
officers, and 166 wounded-a total of 221. :"
The regiment served in Steedman's Division,
Provisional Corps. Its total loss in the service
was four officers and SO men killed and 265
men died.