42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment The 42nd Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 42nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Evansville , Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 9 , 1861 under the command of Colonel James Garrard Jones . The regiment was recruited in Daviess , Gibson , Pike , Spencer , Warrick , and Vanderburgh counties . The regiment was attached to 14th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , October to December 1861 . 14th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to April 1862 . 17th Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 17th Brigade , 3rd Division , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to April 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to July 1865 . The 42nd Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 21 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Kentucky , and duty at Henderson , Calhoun and Owensboro , Ky . , until February 1862 . Advance on Nashville , Tenn . , February 10 – 25 , 1862 . Occupation of Shelbyville and Fayetteville and advance on Huntsville , Ala . , March 28 - April 11 . Action at Wartrace April 11 . Advance on and capture of Decatur , Ala . , April 11 – 14 . Action at West Bridge near Bridgeport , Ala . , April 29 . Duty at Huntsville , Ala . , until August . March to Nashville , Tenn . , thence to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg , August 27 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Reconnaissance to Versailles March 9 – 14 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Elm River June 29 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Rossville Gap September 21 . Siege of Chattanooga , September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Lookout Mountain November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pea Vine Creek and Graysville November 26 . Ringgold Gap , Taylor ' s Ridge November 27 . Regiment reenlisted January 1 , 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 , 1864 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Pickett ' s Mill May 27 . 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 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Near Red Oak August 29 . 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 . Averysboro , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of 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 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 310 men during service ; 5 officers and 108 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 196 enlisted men died of disease .