65th Indiana Infantry Regiment
# 65th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 65th Regiment Indiana Infantry, was organized in Princeton and recruited throughout the southern Indiana counties to fight in the American Civil War.

## Organization

### Regimental commanders

| Name | Date of Commission | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| John W. Foster | August 18, 1862 | Resigned March 10, 1864, due to disability. Re-entered service as colonel of the 136th Regiment |
| Thomas Johnson | March 11, 1864 | Honorably discharged as lieutenant colonel on August 29, 1864, due to disability. |
| John W. Hammond | September 7, 1864 | Mustered out with regiment as lieutenant colonel. |

### Regimental units

* Company A - Men primarily recruited from Gibson and Posey counties
* Company B - Men primarily recruited from Gibson County
* Company C - Men primarily recruited from Knox County
* Company D - Men primarily recruited from Spencer County
* Company E - Men primarily recruited from Warrick County
* Company F - Men primarily recruited from Martin County
* Company G - Men primarily recruited from Gibson, Pike and Posey counties
* Company H - Men primarily recruited from Vanderburgh and Warrick counties
* Company I - Men primarily recruited from Daviess County
* Company K - Men primarily recruited from Dubois County

### Command structure

| Time period | Command |
| - | - |
| February 1862 to June 1863 | District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio |
| June 1863 to August 1863 | 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| August 1863 to October 1863 | 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| October 1863 to November 1863 | 4th Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| November 1863 to April 1864 | 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Department of the Ohio |
| April 1864 to February 1865 | 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| February 1865 to June 1865 | Department of North Carolina |

## Service

| Date | Event |
| - | - |
| August 20, 1862 | Left State for Henderson, Kentucky |
| August 25, 1862 | Action at Madisonville, Kentucky |
| Through August, 1863 | Guard duty along line of Louisville & Nashville Railroad |
| September 12, 1862 | Skirmish at Bradenburg, Kentucky |
| September 14, 1862 | Skirmish at Henderson, Kentucky (Company D) |
| April 1863 | Regiment mounted |
| July 21, 1863 | Action at Cheshire, Ohio |
| July 29, 1863 | Dixon (Company E) |
| August 16-October 17, 1863 | Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee |
| September 2, 1863 | Occupation of Knoxville |
| September 11, 1863 | Action at Greenville |
| September 18, 1863 | Kingsport |
| September 19, 1863 | Bristol |
| September 20–21, 1863 | Zollicoffer |
| September 20–21, 1863 | Carter's Depot |
| September 21, 1863 | Jonesborough |
| September 22, 1863 | Hall's Ford, Watauga River |
| September 22, 1863 | Carter's Depot |
| October 10, 1863 | Blue Springs |
| October 11, 1863 | Henderson's Mill and Rheatown |
| October 14, 1863 | Blountsville |
| October 15, 1863 | Bristol |
| November 4-December 23, 1863 | Knoxville Campaign |
| November 19, 1863 | Mulberry Gap |
| December 2, 1863 | Walker's Ford, Clinch River |
| December 12, 1863 | Near Maynardsville |
| December 14, 1863 | Bean's Station |
| December 16–19, 1863 | Blain's Cross Roads |
| January 16, 1864 | Kimbrough's Cross Roads |
| January 16–17 and January 26–28, 1864 | Operations about Dandridge |
| January 17, 1864 | Dandridge |
| March 12, 1864 | Scout to Chucky Bend |
| April 21, 1864 | Regiment dismounted |
| May 1-September 8, 1864 | Atlanta Campaign |
| May 8–13, 1864 | Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton |
| May 14–15, 1864 | Battle of Resaca |
| May 20, 1864 | Cartersville |
| May 25-June 5, 1864 | Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills |
| June 10-July 2, 1864 | Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain |
| June 15–17, 1864 | Lost Mountain |
| June 17, 1864 | Muddy Creek |
| June 22, 1864 | Cheyney's Farm |
| June 26–27, 1864 | Olley's Farm |
| June 27, 1864 | Assault on Kenesaw |
| July 2–5, 1864 | Nickajack Creek |
| July 5–17, 1864 | Chattahoochie River |
| July 8, 1864 | Isham's Ford |
| July 22-August 25, 1864 | Siege of Atlanta |
| August 5–7, 1864 | Utoy Creek |
| August 25–30, 1864 | Flank movement on Jonesboro |
| August 31, 1864 | Near Rough and Ready |
| September 2–6, 1864 | Lovejoy's Station |
| September 28, 1864 | Decatur |
| October 3–26, 1864 | Pursuit of Hood into Alabama |
| November–December, 1864 | Nashville Campaign |
| November 24–27, 1864 | Columbia, Duck River |
| November 30, 1864 | Battle of Franklin |
| December 15–16, 1864 | Battle of Nashville |
| December 17–28, 1864 | Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River |
| Through January 16, 1865 | At Clifton, Tennessee |
| January 16-February 9, 1865 | Movement to Washington, D. C., thence to Fort Fisher, North Carolina |
| February 11–14, 1865 | Operations against Hoke |
| February 11, 1865 | Sugar Leaf Battery |
| February 18–19, 1865 | Fort Anderson |
| February 19–20, 1865 | Town Creek |
| February 22, 1865 | Battle of Wilmington and capture of the city |
| March 1-April 26, 1865 | Campaign of the Carolinas |
| March 6–21, 1865 | Advance on Goldsboro |
| April 10–14, 1865 | Advance on Raleigh |
| April 14, 1865 | Occupation of Raleigh |
| April 26, 1865 | Bennett's House |
| | Surrender of Johnston and his army |
| Through June, 1865 | Duty at Raleigh and Greensboro |
| June 22, 1865 | Mustered out |

### Strength

Original recruitment strength was 942 with 228 additional troops; total, 1,170. Regiment lost during service 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 216 Enlisted men by disease. Total 254, Additionally, 59 desertions and 8 unaccounted.

