8th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 21, 1861, for a three-month enlistment. On June 19, 1861, the regiment was moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia, and attached to William Rosecrans' Brigade, in George B. McClellan's Provisional Army of West Virginia. On June 29, it was marched to Buckhannon, West Virginia, and occupied Buckhannon on June 30. The regiment engaged in the Western Virginia Campaign, July 6–17, fighting in the Battle of Rich Mountain on July 11. The regiment was mustered out of service on August 6, 1861.[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#8th3mo The Civil War Archive]

The regiment lost 5 enlisted men (Alfred Wilson, Richard Lamb, First sergeant Frank Mays, Private John Scotten, and Alfred Lowder) killed in action or died of wounds{{Cite web|url=http://www.rootsquest.com/indiana/hancock/1916/military2.html#8TH_REGIMENT|title = Military}} and 3 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 8 fatalities.[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#8th The Civil War Archive website] after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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• {{cite book|last=Dyer|first=Frederick Henry|author-link=Frederick H. Dyer|title=A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion|publisher=Dyer Pub. Co.|place=Des Moines, IA|date=1908|asin=B01BUFJ76Q|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OBkNAQAAMAAJ/page/1120/mode/1up?view=theater|format=PDF|access-date=August 8, 2015|pages=1120–1121}}{{PD-notice}}
• {{cite book |author=Federal Publishing Company|title=Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan|publisher=Federal Publishing Company|series=The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers.|volume=III|date=1908 |location=Madison, WI |url=https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory03madi/page/112/mode/1up|oclc=694018100 |format=PDF |pages=112}}{{PD-notice}}
• {{cite book |last1=Terrell |first1=William Henry Harrison |title=Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana |publisher=A.H. Connor State Printer |series=Indiana Adjutant General Reports |volume=II |date=1865 |location=Indianapolis, IN |pages=48–56 |language=en |url=https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant02indi/page/56/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=August 11, 2018 |oclc=558004259 |format=pdf}}{{PD-notice}}
• {{cite web | title=Indiana Battle Flag Inventory | website=Indiana War Memorial | date=May 4, 2021 | url=https://www.in.gov/iwm/battle-flag-collection/indiana-battle-flag-inventory/ | ref={{sfnref|Indiana War Memorial, '' Indiana Battle Flag Inventory (2021)}} | access-date=January 6, 2024}}

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• [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionin.htm The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units]
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