18th Indiana Infantry Regiment
# 18th 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.

## Commanders

* Colonel Thomas Pattison
* Colonel Henry Dana Washburn
