Service
- Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on September 20, 1861, with John A. Bridgeland as colonel, the regiment moved to Kentucky in December as part of the Union Army of the Ohio
- First action in a skirmish at Bowling Green
- Occupation of Nashville, Tennessee
- Battle of Shiloh
- Siege of Corinth
- Battle of Perryville
- Battle of Stones River
- Battle of Chickamauga
- Defense of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
- Skirmish with a Confederate force on October 2, 1863, in defense of Union communications, brought the 2nd Indiana fame when a sketch of the action appeared in Harper's Weekly for October 31
- The regiment saw further action through the end of the war
- Mustered out of service in Tennessee in July 1865
According to Frederick H. Dyer (see references) the 2nd Indiana's total service fatalities were four officers and 38 enlistees killed and mortally wounded, and three officers and 211 enlistees dead of disease.
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