Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga farkon sa a watan Agusta 1861, rukunin ya zama sananne a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin rukunin Indiana mafi girman horo saboda ayyukan sa na sojan sama, waɗanda suka dogara da dabarun sojan sama na Prussian da kiran ƙaho, da kuma kyakkyawan lafiyar mazajensu. A lokacin 1861 da 1862 manyan ayyukan rundunar sun hada da yakin Rowlett's Station, yakin Shiloh, da Siege na Koranti, da kuma yakin Stones River. A shekara ta 1863, Indiana ta 32 ta shiga cikin manyan kamfen guda uku: Kamfen na Tullahoma, Kamfen na Chickamauga, da Kamfen na Chattanooga. A shekara ta 1864 rundunar ta shiga yakin Atlanta kuma ta yi yaƙi a yakin Resaca.
, Adairsville, New Hope Church, Dallas, Pickett's Mill, Marietta, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesborough, da kuma tashar Lovejoy. Na 32 na Indiana ya kammala aikinsa a Texas, kuma ya fito a ranar 4 ga Disamba, 1865.