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Brief Summary of the Movements of the
30th Regiment of Indiana Infantry Continued...
In the fall of 1862, the regiment was active in the pursuit
of General Braxton Bragg beyond Crab Orchard, Kentucky.
It then moved to Nashville where it rested until the forward
movement of General William Starke Rosecrans' (Old Rosey)
army commenced. Advancing with that army to the vicinity
of Murfreesboro, it participated in the
Battle
of Stones River, on December 31, 1862, January 1st and
2nd, 1863. The regiment suffered severely:
| Murfreesboro |
| |
Killed |
Wounded
|
| Officers |
1 |
2 |
| Non-Commissioned
Officers |
9 |
22 |
| Privates |
18 |
84 |
| Total |
28 |
108 |
| Aggregate
136 |
A campaign followed in which the Thirtieth was active and
after the occupation of Chattanooga it marched South with
the army to participate in the
Battle of Chickamauga. It
did not fair well:
| Liberty
Gap |
| |
Killed |
Wounded
|
| Privates |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
0 |
1 |
| Battle
of Chickamauga |
| |
Killed |
Wounded
|
| Officers |
1 |
6 |
| Non-Commissioned
Officers |
1 |
14 |
| Privates |
6 |
37 |
| Total |
8 |
57 |
| Aggregate
65 |
Afterwards the Thirtieth went to Whiteside Station and Tyners
Station where some of the men re-enlisted it December. After
arriving in Blue Springs, Tennessee in January, 1864 those
men were re-mustered as veterans. With that taken care of
they were off to their homes in Indiana on Veteran Furlough.
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