83rd Indiana Infantry Regiment The 83rd Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 83rd Indiana Infantry was organized at Lawrenceburg , Indiana September 4 - November 5 , 1862 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Benjamin J . Spooner . The regiment was attached to 4th Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , District of Memphis , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to June 1865 . The 83rd Indiana Infantry mustered out of service on June 3 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Memphis , Tenn . and duty there to November 26 , 1862 . " Tallahatchie March " November 26 - December 13 , 1862 . 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 17 , and duty there until April . Black Bayou March 24 – 25 . Demonstration on Haines ' and Drumgould ' s Bluffs April 29 - May 2 . Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 2 – 14 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Camp at Big Black to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 26 - November 20 . Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Cherokee Station , Ala . , October 21 . Bear Creek , Tuscumbia , October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 25 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 8 . Garrison duty in Alabama until May 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Near Resaca May 13 . 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 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Mills July 3 – 4 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel , Hood ' s second sortie , July 28 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29 - November 3 . Turkeytown and Gadsden Road , Ala . , October 25 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah , Ga . , December 10 – 21 . Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Cannon ' s Bridge , South Edisto River , S . C . , February 8 . Orangeburg February 11 – 12 . North Edisto River February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 16 – 17 . 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 20 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 284 men during service ; 5 officers and 56 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 220 enlisted men died of disease .