83rd Indiana Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* September 4-November 5, 1862 - Organized at Lawrenceburg, Indiana 
Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., and attached to 4th Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Memphis, Tenn., 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's Hill May 16. 
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
* Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. 
* Siege of Jackson July 10-17. 
* Camp at Big Black ?Original text may be missing a line - goes straight from this entry into the next
* September 26-November 20, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee
* 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. 
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Tunnel Hill November 23-25. 
** Mission 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. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 8-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Resaca, Georgia
*** May 13, 1864 - Combat at Resaca, Georgia
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Advance on Dallas May 18-25. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. 
** Assault on Kenesaw June 27. 
** Ruff's Mills July 3-4. 
** Chattahoochie River July 6-17. 
** Battle of Atlanta July 22. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. 
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. 
** Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. 
** Lovejoy Station September 2-6. 
** Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. 
** Turkeytown and Gadsden Road, Ala., October 25. 
* November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
** December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
*** Fort McAllister December 13. 
* January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** 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 May 24. 
* Mustered out June 3, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
 
 
 Field and Staff Officers
 
 
 Regimental Band
 
 
 Company A
 
 
 Company B
 
 
 Company C
 
 
 Company D
 
 
 Company E
 
 
 Company F
 
 
 Company G
 
 
 Company H
 
 
 Company I
 
 
 Company K
 
 
 Unassigned
 
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== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 220 Enlisted men by disease. Total 284.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 703, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 779, 783, 866, 1148-1149)
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