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General Orders                        HDQRS. SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS

No. 17                                 Memphis, Tenn., January 24, 1864

           I.  The troops of this army corps in the field are hereby organized into the following divisions.

           First Division, Brig. Gen. J. M. Tuttle commanding.

           First Brigade:  Seventy-second Ohio Regiment Infantry Volunteers, One hundred and fourteenth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Ninety-fifth Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers, Ninety-third Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers.

           Second Brigade:  Eleventh Regiment Missouri Infantry, Eight Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers,  Forty-seventh Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Fifth Regiment Minnesota Infantry Volunteers.

           Third Brigade:  Eight Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, Thirty-fifth Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, Twelfth Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, Thirty-third Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers.

           Second Iowa Battery, Company E, First Illinois Light Artillery; Sixth Indiana Battery.

           Second Division, Brig. Gen. G.M. Dodge commanding.  This division will be composed of twelve regiments and four battalions, to be selected by Brig. Gen. A. J. Smith, commanding.

           First Brigade:  Twenty-first Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers, Eighty-ninth Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Fifty-eighth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, One hundred and nineteenth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers.

          Second Brigade:  Fourteenth Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, One hundred and seventy-eighth Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers, Twenty-seventh Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, Thirty-second Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers.

          Third Brigade:  Fifty-second Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Forty-ninth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, One hundred and seventeenth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Twenty-fourth Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers.

         Third Indiana Battery, Ninth Indiana Battery, Fourteenth Indiana Battery.

         Fourth Division, Brig. Gen. J. C. Veatch commanding.  This division will be composed of seven regiments now serving with the Left wing, Sixteenth Army Corps, to be designated by Brig. Gen. G.M. Dodge, and the Twenty-fifth Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Twenty-fifth Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, Thirty-second Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, Seventeenth New York Infantry Veteran Volunteers, and Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Infantry Volunteers.  Two Batteries will be assigned from those serving in the Left Wing, Sixteenth Army Corps, and Company D, Second Illinois Light Artillery.

      By order of Maj. Gen. S. A. Hurlbut:

                                                                                            T. H. Harris,

                                                                        Assistant Adjutant-General,

p. 344-352            Record of Events for Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry,

vol. 18                         August 1862 - June 1865

Stationed at Camp Morton, Indiana, Indiana, August 28-October 31, 1862

Stationed at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tennessee, November-December 1862.

December 5 -- The regiment left Camp Morton destined for Memphis, Tennessee.

December 6 -- Arrived at Cairo, Illinois at 10 p.m. a distance of 365 miles.  The regiment embarked on board steamer "Ohio Belle" for Memphis.

December 8 -- Having traveled a distance of 240 miles we arrived at Memphis and encamped near Hernando Road.

December 20 -- We moved into Fort Pickering under command of Brigadier- General [Alexander Sandor] Ashboth.  Whole distance traveled 605 miles.

Stationed at Fort Pickering, Tennessee, January-August 1863

Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, September-December 1863.

Stationed at Canton, Mississippi, January-February 1864

January 28 -- The regiment left Memphis, Tennessee moving by steamer for Vicksburg, Mississippi. The regiment moved to Jackson, Mississippi, engaging the enemy near Black River.  No losses.

Thence [the regiment moved] to Brandon; thence Hillsborough; then Decatur, then Meridian;  thence to Marion Station, Mississippi.  We returned via Hillsborough to Canton, Mississippi.  The Regiment has been in several skirmishes.

February 22 -- We lost but five men, who were supposed to be on a foraging expedition today.  [David Essex one of men killed.] Whole distance marched 250 miles by land, 400 miles by steamer, total 650 miles.

Stationed at Alexandria, Louisiana, March-April 1864.

March 1 -- The regiment left Canton, Mississippi for Vicksburg.

March 4 -- Arrived at Vicksburg, distance of about sixty-five miles.  We left Vicksburg for Red River expedition on steamer [Henry] Chauteau.

March 10-11 -- The regiment landed at the mouth of Red River the next day about 10 p.m.  We started up the Red River.

March 12 -- The regiment went down the Atcahfalaya River to Simsport.

March 13, Sunday -- Debarked; marched four miles; drove the Rebels out of Fort Taylor and returned in the evening.  The regiment started this same evening at 8:30 for Fort DeRussy, distance thirty-three miles.

March 14 -- Arrived at Fort DeRussy this evening and assisted in the capture of the place by assault. We lost one man killed and ten wounded.

March 15 --  Embarked for Alexandria in the evening.

March 16 --  Arrived at Alexandria and participated in the capture of the Rebels at Henderson's Hill.  The regiment took 280 prisoners, four pieces of artillery complete and about 250 horses and mules.

March 26 -- Left Alexandria for Shreveport.

April 2 --  Having marched a distance of twenty-seven miles, the regiment arrived at Cotile Landing. The regiment left for Natchitoches.

April 3 --  Arrived at Grand Ecore.

April 7 -- Marched from grand Ecore thirty-three miles to Pleasant Hill.  The Regiment fought there, losing six killed, fifty wounded, and two missing.

April 26 -- Returned to Alexandria, marching by land.

Stationed near LaGrange, Tennessee, May-June 1864

May 1 -- The regiment marched from Alexandria, Louisiana to Bayou Robert, five miles from Alexandria.

May 3 -- Was on the march to Governor [Thomas Overton] Moore's Plantation, eight miles from Alexandria, Louisiana.

May 7 -- Was in an engagement with the enemy at Bayou Lamourie, Louisiana near the Cheney-ville Road.  The loss was four killed and eleven wounded.

May 16 -- Again our regiment was engaged with the enemy near Marksville, Louisiana; had two men slightly wounded.

May 18 -- The regiment engaged in action on Smith Plantation and on Norwood Plantation near Simsport on Atchafalaya Bayou, Louisiana.  Seven were killed and forty-four wounded.

May 21 -- The regiment arrived at the mouth of the Red River, where they embarked onboard transports and proceeded to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

May 24 --  The command arrived at Vicksburg.

June 4 --  Embarked on board transports for Memphis.

June 10 -- Arrived at Memphis.

June 23 -- Moved by rail to Collierville, Tennessee; thence marched to Moscow, Tennessee, distance thirty miles.

June 27 --  Marched to LaGrange, Tennessee, distance eleven miles.  Entire distance traveled by land and water during the months of May and June was about 700 miles.

Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, July-August 1864

July 5 --  The Eighty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Left laGrange, Tennessee and marched via Ripley and Albany to Pontotoc, Mississippi.

July 11 -- Arrived at Pontotoc, Mississippi.

July 13 -- Marched on to Tupelo, Mississippi.

July 14 --  Engaged with the enemy under [Stephen Dill] Lee and [Nathan Bedford] Forrest; defeated and routed him with heavy loss to the Rebs.  Our loss was ten wounded.

July 15 --  Left Tupelo, Mississippi en route for Memphis via Salem and LaGrange.

July 23 --  Arrived at Collierville, Tennessee, from there took cars on the Memphis and Chattanooga Railroad, arriving in Memphis the same evening. The distance traveled about 200 miles.

August 8 -- Left Memphis and proceeded to Holly Springs by rail, arrived the same day, distance about seventy-five miles.

August 11 --  Marched out from Holly Springs on the Waterford Road about five miles, when we received orders to return to LaGrange, Tennessee.  Arrived by rail the same day.

August 16-17  --  Received orders and proceeded to Holly Springs by rail, en route from Oxford, Mississippi via Waterford and Abbeville.

August 22 -- Advance troops arrived in oxford and immediately received orders to return to Memphis via Holly Springs.

August 30 --  Arrived at Memphis. The distance traveled during the last two months was about 425 miles.

Stationed in the field, September-October 1864

September 5 --  The Eighty-ninth Regiment broke camp at Memphis, Tennessee and marched to the landing on the Mississippi River and immediately embarked on the steamer [Luther M.] Kennett en route for Cairo, Illinois.

September 10 --  Arrived at Cairo, Illinois; disembarked and camped temporarily on the west bank of the Ohio River one mile north of Cairo, Illinois.

September 14 --  Reembarked en route for Jefferson Barracks and went into camp.

September 19 --  Arrived at Jefferson Barracks and went into camp.

September 27 --  Was ordered to DeSoto, Missouri.  The regiment arrived there via the Iron Mountain Railroad the same day.

September 30 --  Returned to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in the evening.

October 2 --  Broke camp and started on a campaign through Missouri to repel an invasion by Rebel General Sterling Price. Marched to Gray's Summit on the Pacific Railroad; thence to Jefferson City, Lexington, Independence, Little Santa Fe, and Harrisonville.

October 25 --  Arrived at Harrisonville.

October 30  --  Marched to Pleasant Hill, Missouri.  Distance traveled by water was 480 miles, ninety miles by rail, and 375 overland.  Total distance traveled 945 miles.  Casualties none.

Stationed in the field, Tennessee, November-December 1864

November 1 --  The Eighty-ninth Regiment, Second infantry resumed their line of march from near Pleasant Hill, Missouri en route for Saint Charles, Missouri

November 16 --  Arrived at Saint Charles via Lexington, Glasgow and Warrensburg.

November 17 -- Marched for Saint Louis.

November 25 -- Embarked on board the steamer America.

November 30 --  Arrived at Nashville, Tennessee in the evening. The casualties during the march were three commissioned officers killed by guerrillas on November 1.

December 1  -- The regiment disembarked at Nashville, Tennessee and encamped in the rear of the city about two miles southwest of the State House.

December 2 --  Formed in line of battle inside the trenches surrounding the city.

December 15 --  Moved outside the works in line of battle and in common, with the Army under Major-General [George Henry] Thomas, attacked the Rebels under General Hood.

December 16 -- The battle continued until the evening.  Charged the Rebels' works; captured six pieces of artillery and over 100 prisoners, including one Major-General Edward Johnson and a number of field officers.  The regiment lost two killed and seventeen wounded.

December 17 --  Marched in pursuit of the enemy via Franklin and Pulaski, Tennessee.

December 30 -- Arrived in camp near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.  The distance marched over land was about 450 miles; traveled by water 505 miles.  Total distance 955 miles.

Stationed near New Orleans, Louisiana, January-February 1865

January 1 -- The regiment broke camp near Wanesborough, Tennessee and marched to Clifton, Tennessee on the Tennessee River and there embarked on the steamer  Huntsman.

January 3 --  The regiment, on board the steamer, arrived at Eastport.

January 7 --  Disembarked and went into camp.

February 8 --  Broke camp at Eastport, Mississippi and embarked on board the Steamer Anglo-Saxon en route to New Orleans.

February 16 --  On board the steamer, arrived at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

February 17 --  Disembarked and went into camp at the rear of the city.

February 19 --  Marched to the landing and reembarked en route to New Orleans, Louisiana.

February 21 --  The steamer arrived at New Orleans; the regiment disembarked and went into camp.  The distance traveled over land, since lst muster, was twenty-five miles; distance traveled by water was about 1,500 miles.

 Stationed near Montgomery, Alabama, March-April 1865

March 6 -- The regiment broke camp at New Orleans and embarked on board the steamer Colonel  Colburn enroute to Dauphin Island.

March 9 -- The regiment arrived at Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island; disembarked and went into camp.

March 19 -- Broke camp.

March 20 --  Embarked on the steamer Tarascon; disembarked at Dannelly's Landing, Alabama on Fish River and camped.

March 26  --  Broke camp and marched to the vicinity of Spanish Fort on Mobile Bay.  Distance from Blakely, Alabama is about seven miles.

April 3 --  Broke camp; moved to and took position in front of Fort Blakely, Alabama.

April 5 --  The First Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, of which the Eighty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers formed a part, moved to the extreme left of the line investing Fort Blakely and participating in the siege of the latter place.

April 9  --  An assault was ordered in which the regiment took part, successfully scaling the walls in front of a battery of two guns and an enfilading fire from a number of others.  The regiment captured many prisoners with a loss of only two killed, two mortally wounded and five seriously wounded.  During the night this regiment held possession of the fort artillery and other government property captured from the enemy.

April 10 -- The artillery and public property was removed in the morning.  The regiment was relieved and ordered to camp.

April 13 --  Broke camp and started on a campaign to Montgomery, Alabama, marching via Greenville.

April 27 -- Arrived at Montgomery.  The distance marched over land was about 205 miles.  The entire distance traveled during the months of March and April was about 425 miles.

Stationed at Mobile, Alabama, May-June 1865

During the entire month of May the Eighty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers was encamped at Montgomery, Alabama.

June 1 -- Broke camp and started en route for Mobile, Alabama.

June 4 --  Marched on foot to Providence landing on the Alabama River, arriving at the latter place in the evening, a distance of seventy-five miles.

June 8 --  Embarked on board the steamer "Osborn".

June 9 --  Arrived in Mobile, Alabama; disembarked and went into camp in the city.  Since this time the regiment has been doing garrison duty.

                                                REGIMENT

Stationed at Camp Morton, Indiana, November 1862

Stationed at Fort Pickering, Tennessee, December 1862-March 1863

Stationed at Fort Pickering, Tennessee except company B at Memphis,

  Tennessee April-August 1863

Stationed at Fort Pickering, Tennessee except Companies A and K stationed at

  Hopefield, Arkansas;   Company B stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, 

  September 1863

Stationed at camp near Memphis, Tennessee, October-December 1863

Stationed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, January 1864

Stationed in the field near Canton, Mississippi, February 1864

Stationed at Cotile Landing, Louisiana, March 1864

Stationed in the field, Alexandria, Louisiana, April 1864

April 20 --  The brigade, in which the Eighty-ninth Regiment of Indiana served in April 1864 broke camp and marched to Natchitoches, Louisiana, where the line of battle was formed, and skirmished with the enemy.

April 21 -- The regiment, with the brigade, skirmished until evening, when the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Corps crossed Cane river, covering the retreat of the Army.

April 26 -- The regiment, with the Army, arrived at Alexandria, Louisiana

Stationed in the field, Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 1864

  [for record of events see Field and Staff]

  Entire distance traveled by land and water during the month was about 300

    miles.

Stationed in the field near LaGrange, Tennessee, June 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

  The entire distance traveled during the month was about 480 miles.

Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, July 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, august 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, September 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed in the field near Pleasant Hill, Missouri, October 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed on board the steamer America, November 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed in the field near Waynesborough, Tennessee, December, 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

  Distance traveled over land about 125 miles

Stationed at Eastport, Mississippi, January 1865

January 1 --  The regiment broke camp near Waynesborough, Tennessee in the morning, marched to Clifton, Tennessee on the Tennessee River and there embarked on board the steamer Huntsman.

January 3 -- The steamer arrived at Eastport, Mississippi

January 7 -- Disembarked; went into camp and since which time the command has not moved.   Distance marched over land about sixteen miles.  Traveled by water about seventy-five miles.  Total, ninety-one miles.

Stationed near New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1865

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

  Distance traveled during the month of February was about 1,400 miles

Stationed in the field, Alabama, March 1865

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed near Montgomery, Alabama, April 1865

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed near Montgomery, Alabama, May 1865

  On May 1, the eighty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers was camped near

    Montgomery, Alabama, where it remained during the entire month, drilling and

    doing light picket duty.  No casualties.

Stationed at Mobile, Alabama, June 1865

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

p. 374-378 vol. 18                         COMPANY H

Stationed at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 28, 1862

August 28 -- Muster-in roll of Captain Enos W. Erick's Company H, in the Eighty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Charles D. Murray, called into service of the United States by the President from August 28, 1862 [date of this muster] for the term of three years, unless sooner discharged....

                                                                        Nathan W. Osborne,

                                                Captain, Thirteenth infantry, Mustering Officer.

Stationed at Camp Morton, Indiana, muster to October 31, 1862.

August 30 - Sept 1 -- The regiment left Indianapolis for Louisville, where we arrived September 1.

September 3 -- Were ordered to Munfordville.

September 14 -- Participated in the engagement, which resulted in the repulse of the rebels with considerable slaughter.

September 16 -- Were again attacked by the Rebels under Bragg in person. Defended our position  during the day.  In the evening a demand was made upon us to surrender.  It was acceded to after a personal inspection of the Rebel forces by Colonel [John Thomas] Wilder, commander of post.

September 17-19 --  We were paroled and passed into Buell's lines on September 19, when we were marched to Bowling Green; thence to the Ohio River via Brandenburg.  Marched thence via Corydon to Jeffersonville, when we were sent by rail to Indianapolis and furloughed for twenty days, afterwards extended seven days, when the regiment reassembled at Indianapolis, where it remains at the date of this report.

Stationed at Fort Pickering, Tennessee, November 1862-August 1863

Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, September-December 1863

Stationed at camp near Canton, Mississippi, January-February 1864

Stationed at Alexandria, Louisiana, March-April 1864

  [for record of events, see Field and Staff]

Stationed at camp near LaGrange, Tennessee, May-June 1864

May 1 -- Left Alexandria [on the] Opelousas road.  Camped four miles out.

May 2 -- Moved out to support a foraging party down Bayou Lamourie and returned to camp.

May 3 -- Marched down Bayou Lamourie to Governor Moore's Plantation.

May 6-7 -- Skirmished with the enemy.  Drove them across the bayou.  Charged them in the woods drove them.   Ordered forward as skirmishers, driving them one mile.  Loss:  one killed and three wounded.  Returned to former camp that night.

May 14 -- Commenced moving down Red river.

May 161-17 -- Deployed in line of battle near Fort DeRussy; heavy artillery duel. Drove the enemy and resumed march.  Reached Fort Taylor May 17.

May 18 -- The Rebels attacked and drove in our pickets, when we were ordered out.  Fought the battle of Bayou De Glaize, which lasted from 11 a.m. until night, charging the enemy successfully, twice inflicting heavy loss in killed, wounded and prisoners.  The company captured twelve prisoners, including two officers.  Our loss was one killed and three wounded.

May 20 -- Crossed Atchafalaya.

May 21 -- Reached Red River Landing.

May 22-24 -- Embarked on transports.  Reached Vicksburg May 24.

June 4 --  Reembarked and landed at Sunnyside.

June 5 -- Marched around Old River, lake Chicot.  Destroyed Rebel batteries.

June 7-9 -- Reembarked at Gaines' landing and reached Memphis on June 9. Went into camp.

June 23-34 -- Left Memphis by rail for Collierville from where we guarded wagon train through Moscow, Tennessee, arriving on June 24.

June 27 -- Left for LaGrange, marching.

Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, July-August 1864

July 5 -- Broke camp at LaGrange.  Moved south via Ripley to Pontotoc; thence east to Harrisburg.

July 14 -- Fought the battle of Harrisburg, the Eighty-ninth supporting the Third Indiana Battery. After assisting in repulsing a charge the company was ordered on skirmish line, when E. Mosure was wounded, the only casualty in the company during the day.

July 15 -- Moved north via Ellistown, New Albany and Salem to LaGrange; thence east along the railroad to Colierville, where we took cars.

July 23 -- Arrived at Memphis on the eve of July 23.

August 8 -- Remained in camp until August 8.  Took cars for Holly Springs.

August 11-16 -- Ordered to LaGrange and returned on August 16.

August 17-30 -- Moved south via Waterford and Abbeville to within four miles of Oxford, when we returned to Holly Springs by same road and marched to Memphis via Pigeon Roost, where we arrived August 30.

Stationed at camp near Pleasant Hill, Missouri, September-October 1864.

September 5-9 -- Broke camp at Memphis.  Embarked on transports and reached Cairo September 9.  Went into camp.

September 14-19 -- Reembarked.  Reached Jefferson Barracks.

September 19 -- Went into camp.

September 27 -- Left by rail for Desoto to confront Price.

September 29-October 1 -- Returned to Meramac Bridge; thence to the barracks October 1.

October 2-13 -- Left for Jefferson City in pursuit of Price, marching via Kirkwood, [Gray's] Summit Station, Lynn, etc.  where we arrived October 13.

October 25 -- Marched thence via California, Sedalia, Lexington, independence, and Little Santa Fe, where the pursuit was given up October 25.

October 26 -- Marched thence to Harrisonville, Missouri for supplies, arriving on

October 26; thence to Pleasant Hill, Missouri. We traveled a distance of 500 miles by transports, ninety-six miles by rail, and marched a distance estimated at 360 miles in nineteen marching days.

Stationed in the field, November-December 1864

Broke camp at Pleasant Hill, Missouri and marched to Lexington by way of Lone Jack and Wheaton; then to Glasgow.

November 5-19 -- Crossed the Missouri river; thence to Columbia via Fayette and Rockport; thence to Saint Charles by the way of Williamsburg and High Hill; thence to Saint Louis, where we arrived on November 19.

November 24-December 1 -- Embarked and moved for the mouth of the Cumberland River by way of Cairo, Illinois; thence to Nashville, Tennessee, where we arrived December 1.

December 15-16 -- Encamped until December 15.  Participated in the battle of Nashville fought on December 15 and 16 and the pursuit as far as Pulaski, Tennessee; thence in a northwesterly direction to Lawrenceburg. We traveled a distance of 800 miles, 460 miles by transport and marched a distance of 340 miles.

Stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana, January-February 1865.

January 1 -- Broke camp near Waynesborough, Tennessee on the morning of January 1 and marched to Clifton, Tennessee on the Tennessee River. There embarked on board steamer Huntsman .

January 3 -- Arrived at Eastport, Mississippi, Disembarked and went into camp on January 7.

February 8-16 -- The regiment broke camp at Eastport, Mississippi and embarked on board steamer Anglo Saxon en route to New Orleans.  Arrived at Vicksburg, Mississippi February 16.

February 17 -- Disembarked and went into camp in the rear of the city.

February 19-21 -- Marched to the landing and reembarked en route to New Orleans, Louisiana.  Arrived at latter place; disembarked and went into camp on February 21. Distance traveled over land, twenty-five miles since last muster.  Distance traveled by water, about 1,500.

Stationed in the field March-April 1865.

Stationed at Mobile, Alabama, May-June 1865.