49th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 49th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Jeffersonville , Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on November 21 , 1861 under the command of Colonel John W . Ray . The regiment was attached to 12th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , December 1861 . 12th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 24th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 3rd Brigade , Cumberland Division , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 9th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 9th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to February 1863 . 1st Brigade , 9th Division , XIII Corps , to July 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to August 1863 , and Department of the Gulf to March 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , to July 1864 . 4th Brigade , 1st Division , District of Kentucky , to February 1865 . Department of Kentucky to September 1865 . The 49th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service September 13 , 1865 at Louisville , Kentucky . Detailed service . Moved to Bardstown , Ky . , December 11 – 13 , and duty there until January 12 , 1862 . March to Cumberland Ford January 12 - February 15 , 1862 . Flat Lick Ford , Cumberland River , February 14 . Skirmishes at Big Creek Gap and Jacksborough March 14 ( detachment ) . Reconnaissance toward Cumberland Gap and skirmishes March 21 – 23 . Duty at Cumberland Ford until June . Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 to June 18 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 to September 16 . Tazewell July 22 ( detachment ) . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to the Ohio River September 17 - October 3 . Expedition to Charleston , Va . , October 21 - November 10 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , November 10 , and duty there until December 20 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 15 ; then to Milliken ' s Bend March 8 . Operations from Milliken ' s Bend to New Carthage March 31 - April 17 . James ' Plantation , near New Carthage , April 6 and 8 . Dunbar ' s Plantation , Bayou Vidal , April 15 . Expedition from Perkins ' Plantation to Hard Times Landing April 25 – 29 . Phelps ' and Clark ' s Bayous April 26 . Choctaw Bayou on Lake Bruin April 28 . Battle of Thompson ' s Hill , Port Gibson , May 1 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Big Black River Bridge May 17 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Near Clinton July 8 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 13 . Duty at Carrollton , Brashear City and Berwick until October . Western Louisiana " Teche " Campaign October 3 - November 30 . Moved to New Orleans , then to DeCrow ' s Point , Tex . , December 10 – 14 . Duty at Matagorda Island and Indianola until April 1864 . Ordered to New Orleans April 19 , then to Alexandria April 23 . Red River Campaign April 26 - May 22 . Action at Graham ' s Plantation May 5 . Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 . Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30 - June 6 . Duty at Morganza until July . Moved to New Orleans , then home on veteran furlough July and August . Ordered to Lexington , Ky . , and garrison duty there until September 7 , 1865 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , September 7 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 236 men during service ; 1 officer and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 192 enlisted men died of disease .