89th Indiana Infantry Regiment 89th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War . History . Service . The 89th Indiana was formed at Camp Morton on August 28 , 1862 in Indianapolis , Indiana . Under the command of Colonel Charles D . Murray , Lieutenant Colonel Hervey Craven , Major George Cubberly , Major Samuel Henry and Major Joseph P . Winters . It was disestablished in Mobile , Alabama on July 19 , 1865 . The regiment lost 6 Officers and 55 Enlisted men during service and 3 Officers and 188 Enlisted men by disease , for a total of 252 casualties . Battle of Munfordville . On September 2 , 1862 the 89th Indiana Regiment was sent to reinforce the Federal garrison at Munfordville , Kentucky . Upon reaching their destination , they were stationed to guard the railroad bridge across the Green River . On September 14 , 1862 , the 89th would see their first battle , which would become known as the Battle of Munfordville . They were attacked by the Confederate Army of Mississippi under Gen . Braxton Bragg . The 89th were driven within their fortifications and held off two major Confederate charges on the garrison . The Confederate Army began to conduct siege operations on September 15 and by September 16 had surrounded the smaller Union force , planting artillery on every hill lying around the fortification . The Confederates demanded surrender from Commander of the Union garrison Col . John T . Wilder , who was escorted under a flag of truce . Confederate Maj . Gen . Simon B . Buckner escorted him to view the strength of the Confederates , which convinced him that any attempt at fighting would only be a waste of life . On September 17 , the entire Union force surrendered and was immediately paroled and sent towards General Buell ' s Army of the Ohio . Fort Pickering . On December 4 , 1862 , they were attached to the District of Memphis , Tennessee in the 16th Army Corps . The 89th Indiana performed guard and fatigue duty at Fort Pickering ( Memphis , Tennessee ) located just south of Memphis , Tennessee . As Fort Pickering never saw battle , the 89th did not do any fighting there . Expedition to Hernando . On August 16 , 1863 the 89th Indiana went on an expedition from Memphis , Tennessee to Hernando , Mississippi and encountered some Confederates near Panola , Mississippi . Expedition after Forrest . On December 24 , 1863 the 89th Indiana was part of the expedition to attempt to cut off Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest ' s retreat . The overall Union strength was ten thousand strong , marching an average of twenty miles a day . Nonetheless , General Forrest still managed to escape across the Tennessee River . Meridian Campaign . February 3 , 1864 was the start of the Meridian Campaign , also known as the Battle of Meridian . The 89th Indiana had skirmished with Confederate forces on the march to Meridian . As they approached Meridian , they met stiffer resistance from the combined forces but steadily moved on and reach Meridian , Mississippi on Feb 14th . By Feb 20th the Union victory was complete with the destruction of Confederate transportation facilities . Red River Campaign . March 10 , 1864 was the start of the Red River Campaign The 89th Indiana left Vicksburg , Mississippi to take the Confederate Louisiana state capital of Shreveport , Louisiana by traveling on transports down river and escorted into the Red River , fought at Henderson ' s hill , assisting in the capture of 270 men and 4 pieces of artillery , fighting at the battle of Pleasant Hill and in the various minor engagements incidental to the Red River Campaign . On April 9 , 1864 the 89th Indiana was in the Battle of Pleasant Hill . The 89th Indiana was reinforcing the Union forces from the previous day ' s Battle of Mansfield . Officially , the battle was a Union victory ; as the Confederates were successfully driven from the field . The Battle is also the largest battle fought west of the Mississippi River . Despite the success with the battle , however , the campaign was a failure for the Union . Smith ' s Expedition to Tupelo . On July 5 , 1864 the 89th Indiana advanced south from Tennessee on Smith ' s Expedition to Tupelo to protect Maj . Gen . William T . Sherman ’ s supply line for his campaign against Atlanta . The 89th engaged in the Battle of Tupelo in Harrisburg on July 14th and 15th . The expedition was a success with the defeat of Stephen D . Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest and the fulfilled mission of insuring William T . Sherman ’ s supply lines . On the 15th of July , the 89th started back to Memphis . Smith ' s Expedition to Oxford . On August 1 , 1864 , 89th Indiana set out on Smith ' s expedition to Oxford . No major battles were fought on this expedition , just minor skirmishes with Confederates on the march to Oxford , Mississippi . On the 22nd , the Union force reached Oxford and burned both the brick blocks fronting on the public square and the Court - House in one conflagration . The houses of some prominent official rebels were also burned , such as that of Jacob Thompson , Confederate Secretary of the Interior . They marched back to Memphis as quickly as the extreme heat would allow . Expedition to DeSoto . The 89th Indiana had been at the Jefferson Barracks in Missouri since September 8 , 1864 . When word was received of Confederates reaching DeSoto , Missouri , Major Gen . Andrew J . Smith led some of his troops out , with the 89th Indiana being one of these regiments . On September 20 , 1864 they marched to DeSoto , Missouri to meet the Confederate force of Major General Sterling Price . Pursuit of Price . On October 1 , 1864 , 89th Indiana and the detachment of the Army of the Tennessee under Andrew J . Smith accompanied Major General Alfred Pleasonton after Major General Sterling Price to stop Price ' s campaign for Missouri . They fought at the Battle of Westport on October 23 , 1864 , a battle which would later become known as " The Gettysburg of the West . " The resulting Union victory put an end to Price ' s campaign for Missouri . and rendered the Army of Missouri incapable of any future significant operations . Battle of Nashville . The 89th arrived in Nashville , Tennessee by steamers on the Cumberland River to reinforce Nashville ' s defenses against Major General John Bell Hood ' s Army of Tennessee . On the opening day of the Battle of Nashville on December 15 , 1864 , the 1st Brigade under Colonel David Moore defended the main assault of the Confederates . By the end of the next day , December 16 , 1864 the Confederate Army of Tennessee was no longer an effective fighting force . Pursuit of Hood . On December 17 , 1864 , Major General John Bell Hood ' s Army of Tennessee was routed from the hills around Nashville , Tennessee , and fled toward the Franklin Pike , the only route of retreat left open to them . Behind them rose loud cheers from victorious Union soldiers . There were skirmishes throughout 120 - mile retreat until the Army of Tennessee crossed the Tennessee River on December 28 and the pursuit was called off . Mobile Campaign . On March 17 , 1865 , the Mobile Campaign began to take the city of Mobile , Alabama . The 89th Indiana , with the rest of the XVI Corps and XIII Corps , moved along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay , forcing the Confederates back into their defenses . Union forces then concentrated on the defenses of Mobile . The siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely after the fall of the other major forts opened the city of Mobile itself to attack . On April 12 , 1865 , Union forces occupied Mobile . Battle of Fort Blakely . On March 26 , 1865 , the siege of Fort Blakely began . By April 1 , Union forces had enveloped Spanish Fort , thereby releasing more troops to focus on Fort Blakely . The Confederate force at Spanish Fort fell on April 8 . The final assault began the next day on the Confederate force at Fort Blakely . The 89th Indiana assisted in the capture of 3 , 700 Confederates and 40 pieces of artillery on their last major engagement of the Civil War . Commanders . Colonel John I . Rinaker 1st Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Hervey Craven 89th Indiana Regiment