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155th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Engagements
  
American Civil War

Allegiance
  
Union

Size
  
Regiment

Active
  
April 18 – August 4, 1865

The 155th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Indiana that served in the Union Army between April 18 and August 4, 1865, during the American Civil War.

Service

Composed of companies from the 9th, 10th and 11th districts, the regiment was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, with a strength of 1,013 men and mustered in on April 18, 1865. It left Indiana for Washington D.C. on April 26, from where it was sent to Alexandria, Virginia and assigned to the Provisional Brigade, of the 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps. They were then moved to Dover, Delaware on May 3, where companies were detached and proceeded to Centerville and Wilmington, Delaware, and Salisbury, Maryland. The regiment was reunited at Dover and was mustered out on August 4, 1865. During its service the regiment incurred fifteen fatalities, another sixty-eight men deserted and unaccounted for, seven men.

References

155th Indiana Infantry Regiment Wikipedia