84th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 84th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 84th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis and Richmond , Indiana and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on 3 September 1862 under the command of Colonel Nelson Trusler . The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade , Kanawha Division , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , October 1862 . District of Eastern Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to 18 February 1863 . 2nd Brigade , Baird ' s 3rd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , February 1863 . Baird ' s Division , Franklin , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Reserve Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to August 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 . The 86th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service on 14 June 1865 . Non - veterans and recruits were transferred to the 57th Indiana Infantry . Service summary . This regiment was organized at Richmond and was mustered in 3 September 1862 . It left the state on the 8th for Covington , Ky . , where it was assigned to the defenses against the threatened invasion of Kirby Smith ' s forces . On 1 October it moved by rail for Point Pleasant , W . Va . , and moved from there on the 13th for Guyandotte where it remained until 14 November . It was then in the vicinity of Cassville and Catlettsburg , Ky . , until 7 February 1863 , when it left Catlettsburg for Louisville , which place was reached on the 17th and the regiment was assigned to the 2nd brigade , 3d division , Army of Kentucky . It was first ordered to Nashville , then to Franklin , where it remained until 3 June , being engaged in several skirmishes , including the pursuit of Van Dorn , 9 – 12 March and the repulse of Van Dorn ' s attack on Franklin 10 April . 3 June , it marched for Triune and was assigned to the 1st brigade , 1st division , reserve corps , Gen . Granger commanding . Tullahoma Campaign 23 June - 7 July . It was in the fight at Triune and pursuit of Bragg , the regiment marching to Middleton , Shelbyville and Wartrace , remaining there until 12 August . It moved to Estill Springs on the 20th thence to Tullahoma , Stevenson , Bridgeport and Chattanooga , arriving at the latter place 13 September . It participated in the battle of Chickamauga , where its division held the extreme left , on the first day , repeatedly repulsing desperate assaults , and on the next day materially aided Gen . Thomas in saving his army from the massed assault of the enemy , losing in the two days 125 in killed , wounded and missing . The regiment moved to Lookout Mountain , thence to Moccasin point , and on 1 November , to Shell Mound , where it remained until 26 January 1864 . It was then assigned to the 2nd brigade , 1st division , 4th army corps , and moved towards Georgia via Cleveland , being engaged at Buzzard Roost . It returned to Cleveland and remained there until 3 May , when it moved with the army for Atlanta . It was engaged at Tunnel Hill , Rocky Face Ridge , Dalton , Resaca , Kingston , Pumpkin Vine Creek , Pine Mountain , Kennesaw Mountain , Kolb ' s farm and Peachtree Creek . It participated in the operations about Atlanta and in the battles of Jonesboro and Lovejoy ' s Station , afterward being transferred to the 2nd brigade , 3rd division , and left Atlanta on 3 October , for Chattanooga , moving thence to Athens , Ala . , and thence to Pulaski , Tenn . , Columbia and Franklin , being present at the battle at the latter place on 30 November . It moved to Nashville , and in the battle there participated in a charge on the enemy ' s skirmish line , and later in a charge upon the main works of the enemy , carrying his position and driving him from the field . It moved in pursuit as far as Huntsville , Ala . , and remained there until 13 March , when it was ordered to eastern Tennessee , operating about Knoxville , Strawberry plains and Bull ' s Gap , until it moved to Nashville on 18 April . It was mustered out 14 June 1865 , when the recruits were transferred to the 57th Ind . with which they served until its muster out in November . Initial Movements . September 1862 . On the eighth of September the regiment left on the cars for Covington , Kentucky , under command of General Morris , no fixed officer having reached the regiment . The rebel General Kirby Smith was threatening Cincinnati , and troops were being concentrated to repel him . Upon arriving in front of the enemy , the command had neither arms , ammunition , accoutrements or uniform . At two o ' clock , on the morning of the tenth of September , the regiment was furnished with arms and ten rounds of ammunition to the man ; but the cartridges were too large for the guns . The result was that the regiment was marched two miles to the right on the Lexington pike , where cartridges of proper calibre were procured . Captain Erwin , Sixth Ohio , was placed in command . Major Neff was present , but was not posted in military maneuvers . The command was formed in line of battle by Captain Erwin , on the south - western side of a hill , one mile to the right of the Lexington pike . The heat of the sun was terrible , and water scarce . The men chewed cornstalks to allay their thirst . In a short time picks and shovels were furnished the regiment , and , being familiar with those tools , they soon intrenched themselves . Captain Erwin showed his sagacity in this respect . He knew the men were not prepared to fight , yet they could dig . The command was assigned to the First Brigade , First Division , United States forces . General Judah commanded the division , and General Love the brigade . Lieutenant Colonel Orr took command of the regiment on the fifteenth of September , and was relieved on the twentieth by Colonel Nelson Trusler . In the meantime the rebel troops had fallen back . The regiment remained in camp among the hills of Kentucky until October first . The Eighty - Fourth was then ordered to report to Point Pleasant , Virginia . . Transported by rail from Cincinnati to Portland , Ohio , it marched to Galliapolis , arriving on the fourth . Here the command remained until October fifteenth , and then left for Guyandotte , Virginia . The brigade consisted of the Fortieth Ohio , EightyFourth Indiana , a squadron of cavalry , and a battery of four twelve - pounders , under command of Colonel Cramer , of the Fortieth Ohio . Arrived at Guyandotte on the next day . Here it remained until the fourteenth of November . In the meantime a detachment - of the Eighty - Fourth , two pieces of artillery and a squadron of cavalry was sent on a reconnaissance mission to Catlettsburg , Kentucky , at the mouth of the Big Sandy river . No enemy being found the command returned to camp . Company K joined the regiment during the last of October . November 1862 . Adjutant Wood resigned on the ninth of November . On the morning of the fourteenth of November , the command started for Catlettsburg , arriving the same evening . Here the time was passed in drill and picket duty , until the twelfth of December , when the command moved to Louisa , Kentucky , thirty miles up the Big Sandy , arriving on the fourteenth and going into camp . The roads were deep with mud . The men went to social gatherings and parties to while away the time . The first paymaster appeared about this time , and made every man feel rich for a little while . And so , with song and dance , and mud , the year of 1862 went out , and 1863 found the regiment still in winter quarters on the banks of the Big Sandy . February 1863 . On the seventh of February , 1863 , orders were received to report at Cincinnati . The command proceeded by steamer down the Big Sandy and Ohio rivers , arriving at Cincinnati on the thirteenth . From there the regiment proceeded to Louisville , and thence to Nashville , arriving on the seventeenth . The Eighty - Fourth was now assigned to the Second Brigade , Third Division , Army of Kentucky , and went into camp three miles south of Nashville , on the Franklin pike . March 1863 . On the fifth of March the command left for Franklin , arriving the same evening . On the ninth they drew five days ' rations and started on a reconnaissance , in force , in the direction of Duck river . Marched fourteen miles the first day , and bivouacked in the midst of a rain storm . Next day reached Rutherford ' s creek and bivouacked on the north bank . There was some fighting with a portion of the expedition and the enemy , but the Eighty - Fourth was not engaged . On the twelfth the regiment returned to its camp on the north bank of the Harpeth river , near Franklin , making a march of twenty miles in six hours and a half . The day was warm ; the men heavily loaded ; yet all arrived safe in camp . June 1863 . The regiment remained at Franklin until the third of June , assisting in building Fort Granger , when it was ordered to move to Trinne , Tennessee . The command arrived at Triune on the evening of June third , and went into camp in a large clover field . The men were in good spirits and condition , and felt that soon there would be hot work with the enemy , as his cavalry was constantly skirmishing in the front , driving in the videttes , and being checked by our reserve of infantry on picket . On the eleventh ' of June the enemy made an attack upon our position . The affair lasted one hour and a half , the rebels being driven back . The Eighty - Fourth occupied the extreme left of the front line , and was among the foremost in pursuit , which was continued until dark , without loss to the regiment . The command then returned to camp at Triune . On the twenty - third of June the command , with five days ' rations , moved in the direction of Murfreesboro ' . Arriving at Middletown during the afternoon of the twenty - fifth , it halted . On the morning of the twenty - seventh the command was ordered to advance on Guy ' s Gap , where the enemy appeared to be in force . Upon the approach of our cavalry , with infantry supports , however , they retired in the direction of Shelbyville , our columns following in close pursuit . Reached Guy ' s Gap and bivouacked , having had no encounter with the enemy . Early next morning the Eighty - Fourth was detailed to guard five hundred rebel prisoners and convey them to Murfreesboro ' . Upon reaching Middletown the prisoners were placed in custody of troops stationed there , and the regiment bivouacked . July and August 1863 . The next day they marched to Shelbyville and camped three miles north . While in this vicinity the camp was moved several times . On the third of July it marched to Wartraee , Tennessee , where the regiment rested until August twelfth , living upon the fat of the land . Chickens , green corn , potatoes , peaches and other luxuries were plentiful , and the men improved in health upon the change of diet . On the twelfth of August the command took up the line of march for Rossville , reaching Tullahoma next day , and in the afternoon marched to Estell Springs , crossed the Elk river and went into camp . September 1863 . On the twenty - first the regiment returned to Tullahoma , and remained in camp there until the seventh of September , at which time it was ordered to march for Stevenson , Alabama . Passing through various small towns the regiment arrived at Stevenson at sundown on the ninth , and bivouacked in the southern suburbs of the place . The next day they marched to Bridgeport , reaching there at noon , tired , hungry and thirsty . On the twelfth they crossed the Tennessee river and camped , and the next morning received orders to draw twelve days ' rations and march for Chattanooga — distant some thirty miles . After a toilsome march , during which they climbed the steep and rugged sides of Lookout mountain , they reached Rossville next morning . On the eighteenth the regiment received orders to march for the front . General Whittaker was at the head of the column . The command had marched five miles in the direction of Ringgold , when it came suddenly upon the rebel pickets , who fired upon the General and staff , but with no result , except to hasten forward our skirmishers . A detail was at once sent forward and skirmished with the enemy till dark . The Eighty - Fourth was formed in line of battle on the left of the Ringgold road , near a small stream called Pea Vine , or Little Chicamauga . The rebel batteries threw several sheila over and around them , but did no damage , the command being protected by a slight elevation in front . After dark the regiment moved one hundred yards in advance , where the men lay down in line of battle , on their arms , for the night . Next morning they fell back to McAfee church , distant one mile , where the men prepared breakfast . Two companies were thrown forward as skirmishers , and were soon reinforced by a third ; all under command of Major Neff . Three scouts being called for to act as videttes , E . D . Baugh , C . N . Taylor and John Wall , of Company E , tendered their service , and started for the front . They had hardly disappeared from view when the sharp crack of the rebel rifles was heard , answered at once by the fire of the scouts . Our skirmishers at once advanced , became sharply engaged with those of the enemy , and drove them back upon his main line . The reserve of the regiment then moved to the support of the skirmishers . The Eighty - Fourth was formed on the right of the Ringgold road behind a fence . A brisk fight ensued , lasting an hour and a half , the regiment losing twenty - two killed , wounded and missing . No support arriving , the command was forced back . They had been fighting a brigade of the rebel General Longstreet ' s command . In fact , owing to the heavy woods and thick underbrush obstructing the vision , and the enemy ' s familiarity with the country , the regiment was nearly surrounded before they were aware of their situation . The Fortieth Ohio and the One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois , however , covered their flanks and rear , and saved them from being captured . They bivouacked that night near the McAfee church . The weather was extremely cold , a heavy frost covering the surface of the earth . Many of the men were compelled to build fires to keep from freezing , having no blankets . Drawing rations , and eating supper , the men lay down , little dreaming of the dreadful shock of arms on the battle - field of Chicamauga , which followed on the morrow . Battle of Chickamauga . Early on the morning of September twentieth skirmishers were sent out to feel the enemy , but found he had retired from the front . Soon orders came to General Steedman to bring his division to the right in support of General Thomas , who was fighting against overwhelming numbers of the enemy , and to save the gallant army of the Cumberland from ruin . Thomas was the hero of that fight , and saved the army . General Steedman at once put his troops in motion , and hastened to the rescue of the Fourteenth Corps . The command arrived just in time . The Eighty - Fourth was formed in line of battle on the right of the rear line of the brigade , preparatory to making an assault upon the rebels , who were posted on two hills , with a deep ravine between them . Colonel Trusler was ordered to remain where he was until the assault was made on either side of the ravine , and in case the front line was broken to fill the breach . The Colonel , seeing a breach in the front line , rushed his regiment into the ravine , when the enemy poured a most deadly fire upon it from three directions ; right , left and front . It was impossible for men to remain and live under such a fire . In the brief space of fifteen minutes nearly one - third of the Eighty - Fourth were killed or wounded . Tho terrible result of the day footed up ninety - six killed , wounded and missing . Three officers were killed : Captain John H . Ellis , Lieutenant Hatfield and Lieutenant Mason . Three wounded : Captain Sellers , Lieutenant Smith and Lieutenant Moore . The division went into battle at one o ' clock p . m . , and fought until dark , making three assaults upon the enemy ' s lines . The command withdrew under cover of night , and marched to the old camp at Rossville . Siege of Chattanooga . On the morning of the twenty - first the command was ordered to fall back towards Chattanooga , and at one o ' clock p . m . , they took position on Missionary Ridge , on the left of the Army of the Cumberland . Here they threw up a line of works , and held the position until ten o ' clock at night , when they quietly retired towards Chattanooga , reaching that town at four o ' clock a . m . , having marched slowly all night . Next day they crossed the Tennessee river and bivouacked on the magnificent hills on the north bank of that stream , which bear the general name of Waldron ' s Ridge . On the twenty - fourth they moved down the Tennessee river opposite Lookout mountain . The Eighty - Fourth was sent down the river on picket duty , where it remained for nine consecutive days and nights , keeping up an almost constant fire upon the rebels who were posted on the opposite shore , behind the rocks , in a small stockade they had built . The Eighty - Fourth lost but one man killed . Upon being relieved they marched to Moccasin Point and went into camp . Soon received orders to move camp half a mile and erect winter quarters . They went to work at once , and notwithstanding the daily shellings from a rebel battery planted upon the point of Lookout mountain , soon had their log houses complete . The suffering was terrible at this place . Having no tents or blankets , the weather being wet and cold , with short rations , it was strange that the soldiers survived the exposure . Sometimes they would be seen gathering grains of corn out of the mud , where the mules and horses had been fed , so long before that the grains had sprouted , and eagerly devouring them . Twenty - five cents was freely given by the hungry soldiers for a single ear of corn . But the men were cheerful and patient , and willing to endure all for the cause in which they were engaged . October 1863 . Early in October the Eighty - Fourth was assigned to the Second Brigade , First Division , Fourth Army Corps . Colonel Trusler resigned on the nineteenth of October . November 1863 . On the first of November the command was ordered to cross the Tennessee river and march in the direction of Bridgeport . The column moved around the base of Lookout mountain — the rebel battery , upon its crown , throwing shells in close proximity as it passed — bivouacking that night in Wauhatchee Valley . Next day they reached Shell Mound , Tennessee , at sundown , hungry and cold , not a mouthful to eat having been given them during the whole day ' s march . General Whittaker rode along the line and told the men that they should have rations , which announcement was received with hearty cheers . Five day ' s full rations were at once issued . Most of the men sat up and cooked and ate all night . In fact , soldiers are something like wild Indians , whenever they halt to rest they want to eat . On the morning of November third the command went into camp on the south bank of the Tennessee river , near Nickajack cave , and put up winter quarters . Major General Stanley took command of the First Division , to which the brigade was attached . The Eighty - Fourth Indiana was left in camp at Shell Mound to guard that point , while the rest of the brigade was sent to participate in the battles at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge . They were detailed for this purpose on account of having neither tents nor blankets , those articles having been captured and burned by the enemy at Waldron ' s Ridge , on the fourth of October , while being transported from Bridgeport to Camp Clark , Tennessee . December 1863 . On the ninth of December , Lieutenant Colonel Orr resigned . A recruiting party had been sent to Indiana and returned with fifty - four men . January 1864 . On the twenty - sixth of January , 1864 , the command marched to the Narrows , a distance of three miles . Here it was detailed to build the road to enable teams to pass . The next day they marched to Whiteside Station ; thence to Lookout creek , at the foot of Lookout mountain . On the twenty - ninth the regiment marched over Lookout mountain to Chattanooga ; thence through the town to Mission Ridge . On the thirtieth it crossed the waters of Chicamauga creek , and went into camp near Tiner ' s Station . February 1864 . On the third of February they moved to Ottawa Station , and thence , on the sixth , to Blue Springs , Tennessee . On the twenty - second they marched to Red Clay , and reached Chickasaw creek on the twenty - third , where the division joined the left of the Fourteenth Corps . Next day they fell back three miles , and , taking another road , moved in the direction of Tunnel Hill to the support of the Fourteenth Corps . On the twenty - fifth it marched in the direction of Dalton , Georgia . After marching eight miles they found the rebel army drawn up in line of battle . Preparations were at once made for an attack . The Eighty - Fourth was formed in the center of the second line , to support the Fortieth Ohio . The charge was made at eleven a . m . , resulting in driving the rebels two miles through the dense thickets of undergrowth near Buzzard Roost . Our forces skirmished with the enemy during the remainder of the day . The Eighty - Fourth was ordered to remain under cover of a small hill that afforded but little protection . The rebels kept up a furious fire of artillery during the day , doing considerable damage . The Eighty - Fourth lost in this engagement one man killed and two wounded . At nine o ' clock a . m . , they retired from the field , and reached the camp they had left in the morning , at two a . m . , of the twenty - sixth . During the afternoon of the same day they marched to Tunnel Hill , arriving at sunset , and ate supper in sight of the rebel camp fires . At eight p . m . , they countermarched to Tiger ' s creek , arriving at one a . m . , of the twenty - seventh , when , after a few hours , the command moved , leaving the Eighty - Fourth as rear guard to protect the train . After proceeding half a mile , the rebel cavalry fired upon the regiment from a hill to the left . The regiment at once formed in line of battle , and threw out skirmishers . Two pieces of artillery were posted at the Stone Church , and fired several rounds , checking the rebel advance , when the foe retired . Skirmishers were called in , and the command marched in the direction of Blue Springs , bivouacking that night on the rebel Colonel Ewing ' s farm ; reached Blue Springs next day . The soldiers were now much worn down by the constant marching and skirmishing . March 1864 . On the tenth of March , Major A . J . Neff was promoted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy , and Captain William A . Boyd appointed Major . The command remained at Blue Springs , drilling and performing the usual duties of camp life for two months . Atlanta Campaign . May 1864 . That campaign , resulting in the capture of Atlanta , which has rendered the name of General W . T . Sherman famous in history , was commenced on the third day of May , 1864 . The part taken by the Eighty - Fourth Indiana will be told in simple language . At twelve o ' clock , May third , the command broke camp and marched to Red Clay . The next day they reached Catoosa Springs , and threw up a temporary line of works , behind which the Eighty - Fourth laid for the night . On the morning of the fifth they moved northeast of the Catoosa Springs , remaining there until the seventh , when they marched towards Tunnel Hill . When within two miles of the Hill the advance skirmished with the enemy . Two companies of the Eighty - Fourth were deployed as skirmishers . The brigade was ordered to march to the left and charge upon the enemy , who were in position upon an elevation east of the Tunnel . The movement was successful , the rebels being driven from the hill , with no loss to the regiment . The Eighty - Fourth was on the left of the front line . The brigade was the first upon Tunnel Hill , and the Eighty - Fourth the second regiment . On the eighth instant they moved in line of battle towards Rocky Faced Ridge . Some skirmishing took place , with no loss . At night , the brigade fell hack to Tunnel Hill and bivouacked . On the ninth the command advanced in the direction of the gap in Rocky Faced Ridge . After marching two miles the Eighty - Fourth Indiana and Ninety - Sixth Illinois were ordered to unsling knapsacks and prepare for an assault on the enemy ' s works . Three companies of the Eighty - Fourth , under Major Boyd , were thrown forward as skirmishers , with orders to press up the hill as far as possible , the regiment following in close support . The skirmishers became warmly engaged , and , being pressed by the heavy skirmish line of the enemy , two companies , under Captain Miller , were sent to reinforce them . The rebels had a decided advantage in position and shelter , and , as our men pressed forward , they took advantage of every rock and tree to cover them from the deadly fire blazing forth from the summit of the Ridge . At six p . m . , the Eighty - Fourth charged the enemy ' s works , but were met by such a fierce and deadly fire as to be repulsed , with a loss of fourteen killed and wounded . Major William A . Boyd was mortally wounded while gallantly leading his companies . The main portion of the command retired a short distance and bivouacked , leaving four companies on the skirmish line till morning . On the tenth , the command moved to the left in support of a battery , and remained until night of the next day , when they moved to the right of the gap to relieve a portion of the Fourteenth Corps . The Eighty - Fourth took position behind temporary works on the front line . One company of fifty - two men , under Captain Carter , was advanced as skirmishers . The skirmishing was quite brisk during the twelfth . On the thirteenth it was ascertained by our advance that the rebels had evacuated Rocky Faced Ridge during the night , and the Eighty - Fourth moved through the Gap , passing through Dalton , and halting for the night nine miles south . The next morning they advanced towards Resacca , and found the enemy in force . The regiment at once formed in line of battle on the right of the road , forming the right of the Second Brigade . The Third Brigade was in front , and they moved forward to their support , taking a hill in front of the enemy ' s works . They then started to reform the Second Brigade , but while making the movement the enemy made an assault upon our front line , driving part of the Second Brigade in confusion from its position . The Eighty - Fourth , however , stood firm , and was soon formed in a strong position by General Stanley in person . The enemy was approaching in heavy force , four columns deep . The command was in a critical situation . The weight of the enemy ' s columns was irresistible . Yet the command awaited the shock with the calmness of heroes . At this thrilling moment , rescue came . New columns of Union troops marched through the woods , and the fighting Twentieth Corps of General Hooker fell upon the rebel columns like an avalanche , hurling them back in dismay and confusion . The Fifth Indiana Battery did glorious work that day among the wild hills of Resacca . The rebel ranks were decimated by the skillful practice of its gunners . Though the firing was terrific the Eighty - Fourth met with no loss , owing to the protection afforded by the hill . The loss was heavy in other portions of the field . At night a strong line of works was built on the hill upon which the Eighty - Fourth was posted . Here the command remained until the morning of the fifteenth , when they moved , by the right flank , half a mile , where another line of works was built by the command , and one - half the regiment stood at arms during the night . On the night of the fifteenth the rebels evacuated Resacca and the works covering it , leaving many of their killed and wounded on the field of battle ; also , arms , ammunition and army stores ; indicating a precipitate retreat . The command entered Resacca at noon of the sixteenth , and baited until a pontoon bridge was laid across the Coosa river . Crossing the river they marched three miles toward Calhoun and bivouacked . The next day passed through Calhoun . and pushed on for Adairsville . Upon nearing that place the command was formed in line of battle , in expectation of meeting the enemy . The rebel force left during the night , falling back on Kingston . Our column at once pursued , halting on the eighteenth three miles from Kingston . At sunrise the next day , the eighty - fourth in advance , passed on in pursuit , and soon encountered the rebel pickets . One company deployed as skirmishers , under Lieutenant McLellan , briskly advanced . The rebel skirmishers fell back before our advance , until our column passed through Kingston . A short distance south the enemy showed a bold front . Two additional companies of the Eighty - Fourth , under Lieutenant Lemons , reinforced the skirmish line . The enemy still retreated ; our forces slowly following . Soon the rebel force was encountered , formed in three lines of battle , across a large open field , threatening an immediate attack . It proved , however , to be only a feint of the rebel rear guard , covering the passage of their wagon train . Our batteries were soon in position , pouring shot and shell into their ranks . The rebel lines retired . The column moved to Cassville , and halted . The command rested here four days . For sixteen days they had listened to the roar of cannon and rattle of musketry , had marched and fought almost constantly . The whiz of bullets and screaming of shells had been their daily and nightly music . The men rested and drew clothing and rations . On the twenty - third of May the command broke camp , and again moved forward to hunt the enemy amid the hills , valleys and forests of Northern Georgia . They crossed the Etowah river at sunset , marched until midnight , and camped . Next day they still pressed forward . On the twenty - fifth they crossed Pumpkin Vine creek . On the twenty - ninth they were in the front line and built works , losing a few men , wounded . So for four days the skirmishing and marching continued . One man was killed on the twenty - ninth . All who participated in Sherman ' s advance upon Atlanta , know of the constant toil , both day and night , performed by the whole army . June 1864 . On the first of June one hundred men worked all night on the breastworks . Working and fighting , halting and marching , the soldiers of the Eighty - Fourth kept mind and body busy , and reached Ackworth , Georgia , on the sixth of June . Four days were passed here . On the tenth , they marched eight miles south , through rain and mud , and camped . On the fifteenth , they moved towards Marietta . After marching two miles the whole corps was formed in double column at half distance , and pushed through the woods and underbrush for some distance . But no enemy being encountered in force , the column deployed in line of battle , threw up slight defenses , and rested for the night . On the seventeenth they took possession of a line of works abandoned by the enemy . Next day the brigade moved to the right and joined the Twentieth Corps . And so , with continued advances , building works , skirmishing , artillery roaring , musketry crashing , the army advanced , like the sure and steady tread of Fate , until the nineteenth of June , when the base of Kenesaw mountain was reached , and upon its towering summit , in an impregnable position from the front , the rebels were found in . heavy force . The Eighty - Fourth built a line of works across a corn field in the afternoon . At dark they relieved the TwentyFirst Kentucky on the skirmish line ; advanced after dark , approaching so close to the enemy ' s lines that the rebels quarreled with our men about the rails we were making breastworks with . In fact , the darkness of the night prevented the color of the uniform being detected , and the belligerents became mixed together , each party industriously building temporary defenses from the material furnished by the same rail fence . Early next morning the Eighty - Fourth advanced its main line , under a galling fire , losing six killed and wounded . Two regiments of the " Iron Brigade " made a charge in our front , captured the rebel skirmish line , and established a line of breastworks . Upon these the rebels made several unsuccessful charges during the night . On the twenty - first the rebel batteries were very annoying . Lieutenant Gregory and two men were wounded by a tree top falling on them , which had been cut off by a solid shot . At dark 6f the twenty - second the command was relieved by the Eighteenth Regulars . They at once moved by the right flank three miles , and halted at daylight . The Eighty - Fourth , with other regiments , was now sent on the front line , to relieve a portion of the Twentieth Corps . The regiment held the center of the brigade line ; sending out skirmishers . In the afternoon , orders were given the Eighty - Fourth to rein force the skirmish line with three companies , preparatory to making a charge . The rebel line was near the summit of a hill , beyond a small wheat field . The signal was given , and amid a perfect storm of bullets , the Eighty - Fourth rushed across the wheat field , up the hill , capturing , on the skirmish line , thirty - seven prisoners , and penetrating within thirty paces of the main line of the enemy . The timber and thick underbrush through which they advanced , prevented the enemy from discovering their numbers , and protected them from his fire . They held the position one hour and a half , keeping up a brisk fire on the enemy . Meantime the rebels , learning that their right flank was unprotected , massed for an assault , and drove them back to their main line . The loss of the regiment in this affair was five killed , twenty - five wounded , and eleven prisoners . The regiment fortified during the night , and remained on the front line . One man was killed and one wounded on the twenty - fourth . Lieutenant Burres and one man were wounded on the twenty - sixth . At daylight on the twenty - seventh they were relieved by the Fourteenth Corps , and retired to the rear and left , where they were held in reserve during the unsuccessful charge which followed , upon the enemy ' s position on Kenesaw mountain . That terrible and fatal assault is familiar to readers of military history . The position was soon afterwards turned by a flank movement , and the rebels evacuated in the night The Eighty - Fourth joined in the pursuit , and early on the morning of the fourth of July they were again drawn up in line of battle , and advanced nearly a mile , when the rebels were found in force behind a line of works . The regiment was again sent on the skirmish line , where they lost one man killed and four wounded . During the following night the enemy abandoned the works , and were pursued to Vining ' s Station , on the Chattahoochee , where the Eighty - Fourth went into camp . They were now in sight of the doomed city of Atlanta , and commenced throwing up works . On the morning of the tenth the command was ordered to march up the river about nine miles . The march was made on the double quick , as the Union forces had commenced to cross , and determined resistance was expected . The day being hot , hardly one hundred men were left in the brigade on arriving at their destination ; many being sunstruck , and others giving out from fatigue and exhaustion . The Eighty - Fourth had about thirty representatives . The regiment went into camp in the evening , where they remained till the twelfth instant , when they moved about two and a half miles on the south bank of the Cbattahoochee . Remaining there till the eighteenth , they again moved about five miles in the direction of Atlanta . On the nineteenth they took up the line of march in advance of the entire column . Moving forward about three miles , the brigade , with the exception of the Eighty - Fourth , went into camp . This regiment was sent as an escort to General Howard ' s Inspector General to ascertain the location of the right of the Twenty - Third Corps . Returning at dark , having accomplished their mission , they bivouacked for the night . On the twenty - eighth the line of march was taken up at eight o ' clock p . m . The advance of the brigade were continually skirmishing with the enemy until evening , when they were considerably advanced , and built a line of works , while the bullets were whistling about their ears . But one man was killed , however . Next morning they moved to the right , and relieved the Ninety - Sixth Illinois , throwing up another line of works . Five companies of the Eighty - Fourth were sent on the skirmish line , where they remained until dark , when they were relieved by the Twenty - First Kentucky , and retired to their line of works . The enemy evacuated and fell back to Atlanta during the night . Our forces advanced in pursuit , but had not pursued them more than one mile and a half when they came upon their outer line of works . The regiment went into position about noon , on the left of the front line of the brigade , and threw up a line of bomb - proof entrenchment . They remained in these works until the night of the twenty - sixth , continually skirmishing with the enemy , when they were sent back with the brigade about three miles , and occupied a line of works previously built by the rebels . On the morning of the twenty - seventh they were placed in position on the extreme left of the entire line , in the immediate vicinity of Atlanta , where they built still another line of works , with abattis in front . Here they pitched tents and remained until the night of the first of August , when they moved to the right a short distance , and relieved a portion of the Twenty - Third Corps . Here they remained until the sixteenth , continually skirmishing , and occasionally making a feint on their lines , losing one man killed , instantly , and several severely wounded . Captain J . M . Taylor was slightly wounded in the arm . The regiment was transferred , on the fifteenth instant , to the Third Brigade , same division , and was under command of General Grose . Nothing of importance , except skirmishing , occurred . Several officers and men , including Lieutenant J . S . Fisher , were wounded . At dark , on the twenty - fifth , General Sherman commenced his grand flank movement around Atlanta . In this movement the Eighty - Fourth bore an active and important part , being engaged in many of the battles and skirmishes , and assisting in the destruction of railroads , bridges , and other property belonging to the so - called confederacy . At the engagement near Jonesboro , the regiment lost Captain Fellows and two privates , wounded . At the battle of Lovejoy ' s Station , the Eighty - Fourth was in the front line , where they made a gallant and desperate charge , carrying their front line of works and capturing about thirty prisoners . In this charge the regiment lost sixteen men , killed , and three wounded ; among them Captain Taylor , commanding the regiment . September 1864 . Nothing of unusual interest occurred until the evening of the fifth of September , when the regiment , with the rest of the army , took up the line of march , and entered Atlanta on the eighth , going into camp near the spot where the lamented General McPherson was killed . October 1864 . October third the regiment left Atlanta and marched to Chattanooga , where it arrived on the thirtieth . The Fourth Corps , to which it was attached , was assigned to the command of General Thomas . The regiment moved by rail from Chattanooga to Athens , Alabama , and thence to Pulaski , Tennessee , arriving at the latter place on the fourth of November . It left Pulaski on the twenty - third , and marched to Columbia , and on the thirtieth reached Franklin . Thence it marched to Nashville , where it arrived on the first of December . December 1864 . December fifteenth the army of General Thomas moved upon the forces of the rebel General Hood , then strongly entrenched , and holding the southern approaches to Nashville . The regiment did not participate in the action of the first day , but upon the second day it was engaged in a charge upon the enemy ' s skirmish line , and at three p . m . , it took part in a general charge upon the enemy ' s works , resulting in carrying their strongly entrenched position , and driving them in confusion from the field . In this battle the regiment lost twenty - three killed and wounded . January 1865 . Joining in the pursuit of Hood , the regiment crossed the Tennessee river , when it was ordered to Huntsville , Alabama , where it arrived on the fifth of January , 1865 . March thirteenth it moved to Knoxville , Tennessee , and thence to Strawberry Plains , Bull ' s Gap and Shield ' s Mills . Here it remained till the thirteenth of April , when it moved back again to Nashville . June 1865 . The Eighty - Fourth was mustered out of the service on the fourteenth of June , 1865 , at Nashville , the remaining recruits being transferred to the 57th Regiment Indiana Infantry , with which regiment they continued in service in Texas until its muster out , in November , 1865 . The regiment left Nashville on the fifteenth of June , for Indianapolis , where they arrived on the seventeenth . They formed a portion of the returned heroes who had a public reception on the twenty - sixth , in the State House Grove , on which occasion they were welcomed in behalf of the State of Indiana , by Governor Morton , General Hovey , General Wilder , and others . They then returned to their peaceful homes , to reap the laurels so richly won . The Eighty - Fourth left for the field with an aggregate of nine hundred and forty - four officers and men , and returned with three hundred and twenty - seven men and twenty - two officers . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 234 men during service ; 5 officers and 82 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 145 enlisted men died of disease .