87th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 87th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 87th Indiana Infantry was organized at South Bend , Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 31 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Kline G . Shryock . The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , September 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , III Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , to June 1865 . The 87th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service on June 10 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , August 31 . Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard , Ky . , October 1 – 15 , 1862 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 . Duty South Tunnel , Pilot Knob and Gallatin , Tenn . , November 8 – 26 , and guarding fords of the Cumberland until January 29 , 1863 . Duty at Nashville , Tenn . , until March 6 . Duty at Triune until June . Expedition toward Columbia , Tenn . , March 4 – 14 . Franklin June 4 – 5 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Hoover ' s Gap June 24 – 26 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Siege of Chattanooga , September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Demonstration on Dalton , Ga . , February 22 – 27 , 1864 . Tunnel Hill , Buzzard ' s Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23 – 25 . Reconnaissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s or Neal Dow Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Fayetteville , N . C . , March 11 . Averysboro March 16 . Battle at Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 19 . Grand Review May 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 283 men during service ; 10 officers and 81 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 190 enlisted men died of disease .