72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment The 72nd Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . The regiment served as mounted infantry from March 17 , 1863 to November 1 , 1864 . Service . The 72nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Lafayette , Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment at Indianapolis , Indiana on August 16 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Abram O . Miller . The regiment was attached to 40th Brigade , 12th Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 5th Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 5th Division , XIV Corps , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XIV Corps , to October 1863 . Wilder ' s Mounted Infantry Brigade , Cavalry Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to December 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Cavalry Division , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1864 . 3rd Brigade , Grierson ' s Cavalry Division , XVI Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to March 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Cavalry Division , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Wilson ' s Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to June 1865 . The 72nd Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville , Tennessee on June 26 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Indiana for Lebanon , Ky . , August 17 . Duty at Lebanon Junction , Ky . , September 6 – 22 , 1862 . Moved to Louisville September 22 , and to Elizabethtown , West Point , September 30 - October 5 . Pursuit of Bragg and operations against Morgan October 6 – 20 . March to Bowling Green , Ky . , October 26 - November 3 , thence to Scottsboro November 10 . To Gallatin November 26 and to Castillian Springs November 28 . To Bledsoe Creek December 14 . Operations against Morgan December 22 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Moved to Cave City , thence to Murfreesboro , Tenn . , January 2 – 8 , 1863 , and duty there until June . Scout to Woodbury March 3 – 8 . Regiment mounted March 17 . Expedition to Carthage , Lebanon and Liberty April 1 – 8 . Expedition to McMinnville April 20 – 30 . Occupation of McMinnville April 22 . Woodbury May 24 . Liberty June 4 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Bay Spring Branch June 24 . Hoover ' s Gap June 24 – 26 . Occupation of Manchester June 27 . Raid on Bragg ' s communications June 28 – 30 . Dechard June 29 . Raid to Lynchburg July 16 – 17 . At Dechard July 27 - August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Sequatchie River August 19 . Wild Cat Trace August 20 . Friar ' s Island August 25 and September 9 . Capture of Chattanooga September 9 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 11 . Ringgold September 11 . Leet ' s Tan Yard September 12 – 13 . Pea Vine Bridge and Alexander ' s Bridge September 17 . Reed ' s Bridge and Dyer ' s Bridge September 18 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 29 - October 17 . Thompson ' s Cove , Cumberland Mountains , October 3 . Murfreesboro Road , near McMinnville , and McMinnville October 4 . Sims ' Farm , near Shelbyville , and Farmington October 7 . Shelbyville Pike October 7 . Expedition from Maysville to Whitesburg and Decatur November 14 – 17 . Moved from Pulaski to Colliersville , Tenn . , December 31 , 1862 to January 14 , 1864 . Shoal Creek , Ala . , January 24 ( detachment ) . Florence January 24 . Athens January 25 ( detachment ) . Smith ' s Expedition from Colliersville to Okolona , Miss . , February 10 – 26 . Raiford ' s Plantation near Byhalia February 10 . Ivey ' s Hill near Okolona February 22 . Moved to Mooresville March 5 – 26 , thence to Columbia April 3 – 8 . March to Lafayette , Ga . , April 30 - May 9 . Atlanta Campaign May to September 1864 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Near Dallas May 24 . About Dallas May 25 - June 5 . Big Shanty June 9 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Noonday Creek and Powder Springs June 19 – 20 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . On line of Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Rottenwood Creek June 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Garrard ' s Raid to Covington July 22 – 24 . Garrard ' s Raid to South River July 27 – 31 . Flat Rock July 28 . Siege of Atlanta August 1 – 25 . Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26 - September 2 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29 - November 3 . Skirmishes near Lost Mountain October 4 – 7 . New Hope Church October 5 . Dallas October 7 . Near Rome October 10 – 11 . Narrows October 11 . Coosaville Road near Rome October 12 – 13 . Near Summerville October 18 . Blue Pond and Little River , Ala . , October 21 . King ' s Hill October 23 . Ladiga , Terrapin Creek , October 28 . Dismounted November 1 , and ordered to Nashville , thence to Louisville , Ky . , and duty there until December 28 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , December 28 , 1864 to January 8 , 1865 , thence to Gravelly Springs , Ala . . and duty there until March 1865 . Wilson ' s Raid from Chickasaw . Ala . , to Macon , Ga . , March 22 - April 24 . Plantersville and near Randolph April 1 . Selma April 2 . Montgomery April 12 . Columbia April 16 . Capture of Macon April 20 . Pursuit of Jefferson Davis May 6 – 10 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , May 23 - June 15 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 160 men during service ; 2 officers and 26 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 130 enlisted men died of disease .