47th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 47th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 47th Indiana Infantry was organized at Anderson and Logansport , Indiana November 2 through December 13 , 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel James Richard Slack . The regiment was attached to 19th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to January 1862 . 19th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to February 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of the Mississippi , to April 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Mississippi , to July 1863 . Helena , Arkansas , District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of the Missouri , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of the Tennessee , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 12th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to February 1863 . 1st Brigade , 13th Division , XIII Corps , to March 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 12th Division , XIII Corps , to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to August 1863 , and Department of the Gulf to June 1864 . District of LaFourche , Department of the Gulf , to July 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XIX Corps , Department of the Gulf , to December 1864 . 1st Brigade , Reserve Division , Military Division , West Mississippi , to February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Reserve Corps , Military Division , West Mississippi , February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , Military Division , West Mississippi , to May 1865 . Department of Louisiana to October 1865 . The 47th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service October 23 , 1865 and discharged November 2 , 1865 at Indianapolis . Detailed service . Left Indiana for Bardstown , Ky . , December 13 , 1861 ; then moved to Camp Wickliffe , Ky . , and duty there until February 1862 . Ordered to Commerce , Mo . , February 14 , 1862 . New Madrid , Mo . , February 24 . Siege of New Madrid , Mo . , March 5 – 14 . Siege and capture of Island No . 10 , Mississippi River , March 15 - April 8 . Expedition to Fort Pillow , Tenn . , April 13 – 17 . Duty at Tiptonville until May 19 . Expedition down Mississippi River to Fort Pillow May 19 – 23 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , June , and duty there until July 24 . Moved to Helena , Ark . , July 24 and duty there until February 1863 . Brown ' s Plantation , Miss . , August 11 , 1862 . Expedition to Arkansas Post November 16 – 21 . Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake , Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24 - April 8 . Fort Pemberton March 11 . Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13 - April 5 . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , April 12 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson , Miss . , May 1 . 14 - Mile Creek May 12 – 13 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assault on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 10 . At Carrollton , Brashear City , and Berwick until October . Western Louisiana " Teche " Campaign October 3 - November 30 . Duty at New Iberia until December 17 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , December 17 , then to Madisonville January 7 , 1864 , and duty there until March . Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22 . Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26 . Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8 . Monett ' s Ferry , Cane River Crossings , April 23 . Alexandria April 30 - May 10 . Muddy Bayou May 2 – 6 . Graham ' s Plantation May 5 . Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 . Mansura May 16 . Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30 - June 6 . Duty at Morganza until September . Expedition to Clinton August 23 – 29 . At St . Charles , Ark . , September 3 - October 23 . Expedition to Duvall ' s Bluff October 23 - November 12 . Moved to Little Rock , Ark . ; then to Memphis , Tenn . , November 25 , and duty there until January 1865 . Expedition to Moscow December 21 – 31 , 1864 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , January 1 , 1865 . Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 17 - April 12 . Near Spanish Fort March 26 . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 8 . Assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Occupation of Mobile April 12 to May 26 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , May 26 ; then to Shreveport , La . , and duty there until October . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 336 men during service ; 2 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 250 enlisted men died of disease .