55th Indiana Infantry Regiment

55th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Active	June 16, 1862 to October 23, 1862
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Richmond

The 55th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 55th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for three months' service on June 16, 1862.

The regiment was attached to Manson's Brigade, Army of Kentucky, District of Central Kentucky.

The 55th Indiana Infantry mustered out beginning September 6, 1862 through October 23, 1862.

Detailed service

Duty at Camp Morton, Indiana, guarding prisoners until August. Operations against Morgan July 4-28. Ordered to Kentucky, August. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 30. Mostly captured. Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Indiana.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 13 men during service; 1 officer and 9 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 3 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Lieutenant Colonel John R. Mahan - commanded at the battle of Richmond

Notable members

• Private Ivory Kimball, Company E - primary advocate for the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery

See also

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments
• Indiana in the Civil War

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

Attribution

• This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.