51st Indiana Infantry Regiment The 51st Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 51st Indiana Infantry was organized and mustered in at Indianapolis , Indiana for a three year enlistment on December 14 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Abel D . Streight . The regiment was attached to 20th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to January 1862 . 20th Brigade , 6th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 20th Brigade , 6th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to April 1863 . Streight ' s Provisional Brigade , Army of the Cumberland , to May 1863 . Prisoners of war until December 1863 . Post of Chattanooga , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . 1st Separate Brigade , Chattanooga , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to September 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to November 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to December 1865 . The 51st Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at San Antonio , Texas on December 13 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , December 14 ; thence to Bardstown , Ky . , and duty there until February 1862 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , February 7 - March 13 , 1862 and to Savannah , Tenn . , March 29 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . Guarding Memphis & Charleston Railroad . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg to London , Ky . , October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville October 8 ( reserve ) . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Prim ' s Blacksmith Shop , Edmonson Pike , December 25 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until April . Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13 – 15 . Streight ' s Raid to Rome , Ga . , April 26 - May 3 . Dug Gap , Sand Mountain , Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain April 30 . East Branch Black Warrior Creek May 1 . Blount ' s Farm and near Centre May 2 . Galesville ( Cedar Bluff ) May 3 where the regiment was captured . Exchanged November 1863 . Reorganized at Indianapolis and rejoined the army at Nashville , Tenn . , December 1863 . ( A detachment on Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . ) Assigned to duty as guard on Railroad , between Nashville and Chattanooga , until April 1864 . Duty at Chattanooga , until September 1864 , and at Atlanta until October . Action at Dalton , Ga . , August 14 – 15 . Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3 – 26 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . Columbia December 21 . Duck River December 22 . Non - veterans mustered out December 14 , 1864 . Moved to Huntsville , Ala . , and duty there until March 1865 . Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . At Nashville until June . Ordered to New Orleans , June 16 ; thence to Texas , July . Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio until December . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 264 men during service ; 1 officer and 55 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 6 officers and 202 enlisted men died of disease .