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19th Indiana Infantry

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Muster In: Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in July 29, 1861.1
Muster Out: Consolidated with 20th Indiana Infantry October 18, 1864.2

Commander(s):
Major John M. Lindley
John M. Lindley 19th IN3

Major William Orr
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Captain Joseph T. Ives
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Commander 4
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Fourth Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army4,5

Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Fourth Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army7,8

Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Fourth Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army11,12

  • Commander: Captain Joseph T. Ives (July 31, 1864)13
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

First Brigade | Fourth Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (August 1-?, 1864)14

Third Brigade | Third Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (August ?-31, 1864)15

  • Commander: Major William Orr (August 31, 1864)16
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army17

  • Commander:
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  • Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)18
  • Note: 7th Indiana Veterans and Recruits transferred to 19th Indiana Infantry September 23, 1864.19
  • Note: Consolidated with 20th Indiana Infantry October 13 or 18, 1864.20

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (October 14-18, 1864)

  • Commander:
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  • Note: Consolidated with 20th Indiana Infantry October 13 or 18, 1864.21

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Was no longer an independent command.22

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Was no longer an independent command.23

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Was no longer an independent command.24

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles25:

  • Before Petersburg June 16-18.
  • Siege of Petersburg June 16 to October 18.
  • Non-Veterans mustered out July 28, 1864.
  • Weldon R. R. August 18-21.
  • Consolidated with 20th Indiana Infantry October 18, 1864.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    3. John M. Lindley image.  MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection, Volume 112, Page 5762.  United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA. ↩
    4. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 225 ↩
    5. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 546 ↩
    6. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 19th Indiana Entry, Page 43; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    7. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 225 ↩
    8. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 546 ↩
    9. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 546 ↩
    10. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 19th Indiana Entry, Page 43; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    11. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 256 ↩
    12. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 733 ↩
    13. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 733 ↩
    14. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 125: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (August 1864)”: At some point after the Battle of Globe Tavern ended on August 21, 1864 the Fourth Division, Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac ceased to exist and its units were parceled out to the rest of the Fifth Corps.  The Official Records, XLII, Part 2, page 800 contains General Orders #35 from September 12, 1864 detailing the changes.  However, the table in OR, Vol. XLII, Part 2, page 614 showing the organization of the Army of the Potomac on August 31, 1864 already has the Fourth Division, Fifth Corps broken up.  More research is needed. ↩
    15. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 616: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
    16. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 616: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
    17. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1300. ↩
    18. Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 19th Indiana Entry, Page 39; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    19. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    20. Young, Henry F. “Camp 7th Wis Vet Vols.” Received by Dear Delia, Near Fort Howard Va, 13 October 1864, Petersburg, VA.: Henry F. Young, a member of the 7th Wisconsin, a sister regiment of the Iron Brigade, wrote a letter home that the 19th Indiana moved to consolidate with the 20th Indiana on October 13, 1864, the same day he wrote the letter. ↩
    21. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3): Dyer claims October 18 as the date. ↩
    22. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    23. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    24. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    25. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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