18th Indiana Infantry Regiment
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|unit_name= 18th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
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|dates= August 16, 1861, to August 28, 1865
|country= United States
|allegiance= Union
|branch= Infantry
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|battles={{plainlist|
- Battle of Pea Ridge
- Battle of Cotton Plant
- Battle of Grand Gulf
- Battle of Port Gibson
- Battle of Champion Hill
- Battle of Big Black River Bridge
- Siege of Vicksburg - Assaults of May 19 & 22
- Siege of Jackson
- Battle of Brownsville
- Battle of Fort Esperanza
- Battle of Berryville
- Third Battle of Winchester
- Battle of Fisher's Hill
- Battle of Cedar Creek}}
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|title=Indiana U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861–1865
|previous=17th Indiana Infantry Regiment
|next=19th Indiana Infantry Regiment}}
The 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
- The 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 16, 1861.
- Battle of Pea Ridge
- Battle of Port Gibson
- Battle of Champion Hill
- Battle of Big Black River
- Siege of Vicksburg
- Battle of Cedar Creek
- The regiment mustered out of service on August 28, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment lost 5 officers and 68 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 1 officers and 130 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 204 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#18th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Commanders
- Colonel Thomas Pattison
- Colonel Henry Dana Washburn
See also
{{portal|American Civil War|Indiana}}
Notes
References
- [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionin.htm The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080210075357/http://civilwarindiana.com/reg_history_inf0.html Civil War - Indiana]}}
Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Indiana
Category:1861 establishments in Indiana
Category:Military units and formations established in 1861
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865