40th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 40th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 40th Indiana Infantry was organized at Lafayette and Indianapolis , Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 30 , 1861 under the command of Colonel William C . Wilson . The regiment was attached to 21st Brigade , Army of the Ohio , January 1862 . 21st Brigade , 6th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 21st Brigade , 6th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 , 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas , to December 1865 . The 40th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service on December 21 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Kentucky and duty at Bardstown , Ky . , until February 1862 . March to Bowling Green , Ky . , and Nashville , Tenn . , February 10 - 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 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg to London , Ky . , October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Lavergne December 26 – 27 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13 – 15 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . March over Cumberland Mountains to Chattanooga , Tenn . , August 16 - September 9 . Occupation of Chattanooga September 9 and garrison duty there during Chickamauga Campaign . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . Operations in eastern Tennessee December 1863 to April 1864 . Operations about Dandridge January 16 – 17 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 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 Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochee River July 5 – 17 . Buckhead , Nancy ' s Creek , July 18 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . 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 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Spring Hill November 29 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . 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 , La . , June 16 , thence to Texas , July . Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio and at Port Lavacca until December . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 359 men during service ; 5 officers and 143 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 206 enlisted men died of disease .