Indiana
Official Army Register
of the Volunteer Force
of the United States Army
for the Years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65.
Part VI.
Indiana – Illinois
Published by Order of
the Secretary of War,
in Compliance with the
Joint Resolution of the Senate
and House of
Representatives, approved March 2,
1865.
Adjutant General’s
Office, Washington, August 31, 1865, pp. 1-2.
First
Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery
(Called Also 21st Regiment Indiana
Volunteers)
(This regiment (with the exception of companies
L and M)
was organized as the 21st Regiment
Indiana Infantry,
at Indianapolis, Ind., July 24, 1861, to serve
three years.
Its designation was changed to 1st
Regiment Heavy Artillery in February,
1863.
Two new companies were organized at
Indianapolis, Ind.,
from August 12 to November 2, 1863, to serve three years,
and assigned to this regiment as companies L and
M.
On the expiration of its term of service the
original members (except veterans)
were mustered out, and the organization,
composed of veterans and recruits,
retained in service until January 10, 1866, when
it was mustered out,
in accordance with orders from the War
Department.)
The following is the only official list of
battles in which this regiment
bore an honorable part yet published in orders:
“Baton Rouge,” “Cotton,” “Bisland,” “Fort
Hudson.”
Colonel.
Benjamin F. Hays
Lieutenant Colonel.
(Blank)
Majors.
James W. Connelly
17 Nov., 64
(Retained in service; discharged January 15,
1866.
John W. Day
7 Dec.,
Isaac C. Hendricks
25 May, 65
(Retained in service; discharged February 3,
1866.)
Captains.
Samuel Armstrong
18 Nov., 63
(Retained in service; discharged February 3,
1866.)
William Bough
9 Feb., 64
Abram W. Simmons
28 Mar.,
Jesse Hadden
8 Oct.,
George J. Brown
15 Oct.,
William P. Wimmer
17 Nov.,
William H. Blankenship
7 Dec.,
George W. Branson
28 Mar., 65
Robert H. Crist
25 May,
Silas Bates
8 June,
First Lieutenants.
James Hughes
12 Oct., 63
Alfred B. McClarren
28 Apr., 64
Merritt C. Skinner
4 May,
William H. H. Turner
17 May,
Peter A. Burns
21 May,
Joseph O. Whalen
25
June,
George W. James
18 July,
Jacob F. Sherfey
29 July,
James G. Northcraft
15 Oct.,
Thomas Sibert
15 Oct.,
Jacob W. Martin
16 Oct., 64
James A. Shirley
17 Oct.,
Tipton D. Clary
22 Oct.,
John Ashley
14 Nov.,
Madison M. Snow
17 Nov.,
William P. Goss
23 Nov.,
Thomas J. Raper
7 Dec.,
William W. Albin
31 Mar., 65
William W. Templeton
1 May,
Seth Matthews
10 May,
Levi G. Benson
25 May,
Theodore Markle
1 June,
Charles F. Hogue
8 June,
Second Lieutenants.
Robert Fuller
8 Feb., 64
Daniel F. Pippenger
3 May,
Charles Polk
25 June,
Joseph L. Washburn
15 Oct.,
John G. Parker
22 Oct.,
Benjamin R. Helms
15 Nov.,
William R. Aydelott
18 Nov.,
James R. Henry
28 Nov.,
Harrison Wright
3 Dec.,
Richard M. Stamper
7 Dec.,
Samuel Foster
13 Feb., 65
William Wood
2 Apr.,
Lemuel McCarty
10 May,
Thomas F. Bilby
1 June,
Edward M. Pinney
1 June,
Stephen Stallcup
3 June,
William R. Elliott
22 Aug.,
Stukely Campbell
1 Sept.,
Surgeon.
William F. Sherrod
1 Jan., 63
Assistant Surgeon.
Isaac T. Conn
18 June, 65
Daniel L. Woods
3 Oct.,
Chaplain.
Jasper J. Moss
2 July, 64
Casualties:
Promoted,
(2.)
Colonel James W. McMillan
May 18, 1863, to Brigadier General.
Assistant Surgeon Emanuel R. Hawn
April 4, 1864, to Surgeon 49th
Regiment Indiana Infantry.
Resigned,
(36.)
Lieut. Colonel William Roy
July 11, 1865.
Captain James H. Garrett
May 29, 1862.
Captain Jacob Hess
August 18, 1862.
Captain John T. Campbell
October 23, 1862.
Captain William M. Skelton
December 23, 1862.
Captain David Edmiston
February 21, 1863.
Captain Eden H. Fisher
November 20, 1863.
Captain Elihu E. Rose
December 8, 1863.
Captain James W. Hamrick
November 21, 1864.
Captain Chambers Cox
October 28, 1865.
First Lieut. John S. Milam
May 29, 1862.
First Lieut. Robert C. McAfee
July X, 1862.
First Lieut. George Wood
July 13, 1863.
First Lieut. William Harper
July 29, 1863.
First Lieut. Walter C. Elkin
November 1, 1863.
First Lieut. George H. Black
December 23, 1863.
First Lieut. Samuel Hartley
August 25, 1864.
First Lieut. William M. Conner
September 28, 1864.
First Lieut. Oliver H. P. Ewing
November 23, 1864.
First Lieut. William L. Rhea
December 28, 1865.
Second Lieut. Jesse Elliott
October 1, 1861.
Second Lieut. Eli Lilly
December 3, 1861.
Second Lieut. William S. Smurr
December 31, 1861.
Second Lieut. James R. Moore
April 1, 1862.
Second Lieut. Spencer L. Bryan
June 1, 1862.
Second Lieut. Edward T. Hubbell
October 13, 1862.
Second Lieut. George C. Harding
January 1, 1864.
Second Lieut. Omer Tousey
February 7, 1865.
Second Lieut. Thomas M. Compton
August 1, 1865.
Second Lieut. Mark Joseph
August 16, 1865.
Second Lieut. Thomas J. Little
August 28, 1865.
Second Lieut. Jeffrey Rodgers
October 14, 1865.
Surgeon Ezra Read
December 15, 1862.
Assistant Surgeon John B. Davis
October X, 1862.
Assistant Surgeon John C. L. Campbell
June 30, 1864.
Assistant Surgeon John A. Goldsberry
July 11, 1865.
Mustered
Out on Expiration of Term of Service, (9.)
Major Edward McLafflin
September 6, 1864.
Major James Grimsley
September 8, 1864.
Captain Francis W. Noblet
July 31, 1864.
Captain Clayton Cox
August 3, 1864.
Captain William S. Hinkle
August 15, 1864.
First Lieut. John M. Adams
August 3, 1864.
First Lieut. Robert H. Rhea
August 5, 1864.
First Lieut. Benjamin F. Card
September 7, 1864.
First Lieut. Charles Toms
September 8, 1864.
Discharged, (12.)
Colonel John A. Keith
February 2, 1865.
Captain Benjamin S.
Harrower
May 15, 1865.
First Lieut. Calvin J.
Wilson
June 20, 1863.
First Lieut. Samuel H.
Fields
January 20, 1864.
First Lieut. Harry H.
Olds
June 21, 1864.
First Lieut. Garrett
Wall
February 18, 1865.
First Lieut. Henry F.
McMillan, Adj’t
April 21, 1865.
Second Lieut. George
Jaycox
December 31, 1864.
Second Lieut. Thaddeus
P. Jackson
March 18, 1865.
Second Lieut. John
Ubert
November 16, 1865.
Assistant Surgeon
Williamson D. Dunn
September 3, 1863.
Chaplain Nelson L.
Brakeman
March 3, 1864.
Died, (10.)
Captain Richard
Campbell
April 26, 1865, of
disease.
First Lieut. Matthew
A. Latham, Adj’t
Killed in action at
Baton Rouge, La., August 5, 1862.
First Lieut. Charles
D. Seeley
Killed in action at
Baton Rouge, La., August 5, 1862.
First Lieut. Thomas
Grinstead
August 9, 1862, of
wounds received in action.
First Lieut. Thomas D.
Bryant
August 18, 1862, of
wounds received in action.
First Lieut. Harvey B.
Hall
January 11, 1864.
First Lieut. William
B. Glover
June 18, 1864.
Second Lieut. William
H. Wolf
Killed October 30,
1864.
Assistant Surgeon
George K. McCoy
Committed suicide
December 18, 1864.
Dismissed, (2.)
First Lieut. Henry A.
Louis
September 4, 1861.
First Lieut. James H.
Brown
January 25, 1864.
Note:
This roster of
officers is given as it stood on the day of muster out.
Information obtained at the National Archives,
Washington, DC
Contributed by: Mark Anderson
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