48th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 48th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 48th Indiana Infantry was organized at Goshen , Indiana December 5 , 1861 through January 28 , 1862 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Norman Eddy . The regiment was attached to District of Paducah , Kentucky , to May 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Mississippi , May 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Mississippi , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 7th Division , Left Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 7th Division , XVI Corps , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 7th Division , XVII Corps , to September 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XVII Corps , to December 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XV Corps , to April 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XV Corps , to July 1865 . The 48th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service July 15 , 1865 at Louisville , Kentucky . Detailed service . Left Indiana for Paducah , Ky . , February 1 , 1862 . Duty at Paducah , Ky . , until May 1862 . Moved to Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . Siege of Corinth , Miss . , May 13 – 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 30 - June 12 . Duty at Clear Creek until August 6 , and at Jacinto until September 7 . Battle of Iuka , Miss . , September 19 . Battle of Corinth October 3 – 4 . Pursuit to Ripley October 5 – 12 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign . Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 1862 to January 1863 . Reconnaissance from Lagrange November 8 – 9 , 1862 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , January 10 , 1863 , and duty there until February . Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake , Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24 - April 8 . Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13 - April 5 . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , April 13 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 ( reserve ) . Jones ' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3 . Forty Hills and Hankinson ' s Ferry May 3 – 4 . Battle of Raymond May 12 . Jackson May 14 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 . Duty at Vicksburg until September 13 . Moved to Helena , Ark . , thence to Memphis , Tenn . , and march to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 13 - November 20 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . Duty at Huntsville , Ala . , until June 1864 . Reenlisted at Huntsville January 1864 , and veterans on furlough February and March . Duty at Cartersville , Ga . , protecting railroad until October . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Salkehatchie Swamps , S . C . , February 2 – 5 , 1865 . North Edisto River February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 16 – 17 . West ' s Cross Roads February 25 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , 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 of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 267 men during service ; 88 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 175 enlisted men died of disease .