59th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, was organized at Gosport and Indianapolis, Indiana on February 11, 1862. It was moved to Commerce, Missouri on February 18-22, the first Regiment to report to General Pope for duty with the Army of Mississippi during the American Civil War.

History
The 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry was attached to
 * The 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862.
 * The 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862.
 * The 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862.
 * The 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862.
 * The 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
 * The 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863.
 * The 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863.
 * The 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865.
 * The 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

1862

 * Siege operations against New Madrid, Missouri, March 3–14, 1862.
 * Siege and capture in the Battle of Island Number Ten, on the Mississippi River, March 15-April 8, 1862.
 * Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 13–17, 1862.
 * Moved to Hazaburg Landing, Tennessee, April 18–22, 1862.
 * Advance on and Siege of Corinth at Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30, 1862.
 * Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12, 1862.
 * Duty at Clear Creek till August 6, and at Jacinto till September 18, 1862.
 * March to Iuka, Mississippi, September 18–20, 1862.
 * Battle of Corinth October 3–4, 1862.
 * Pursuit to Ripley October 5–12, 1862.
 * Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign.
 * Operations on Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863.
 * Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8–9, 1862.

1863

 * Duty at Memphis, Tennessee, January 12 to February 24, 1863.
 * Yazoo Pass Expedition by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8, 1863.
 * Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5, 1863.
 * Moved to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, April 13, 1863.
 * Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-April 30, 1863.
 * Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863 (Reserve).
 * Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3, 1863.
 * Battle of Raymond on May 12, 1863.
 * Battle of Jackson on May 14, 1863.
 * Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863.
 * Battle of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22, 1863. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty there till September 13, 1863.
 * Movement to Memphis, Tennessee, thence march to Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 13-November 20, 1863.
 * Operations on Memphis and Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20–29, 1863.
 * Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27, 1863.
 * Tunnel Hill November 23–25, 1863.
 * Mission Ridge November 25, 1863.
 * Pursuit to Graysville November 26-November 27, 1863.
 * Duty at Bridgeport and Huntsville, Alabama, December 18, 1863, to June 22, 1864.

1864

 * Re-enlisted January 1, 1864.
 * Guard Bridge at Etowah River July 13-August 26, 1864.
 * Ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 26, 1864.
 * Pursuit of Wheeler August 27–31, 1864.
 * Duty at Chattanooga till September 21, and at Etowah River till November 12, 1864.
 * March to the sea November 15-December 10, 1864.
 * Siege of Savannah on December 10–21, 1864.

1865

 * Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
 * Salkehatchie Swamp, South Carolina., February 2-February 5, 1865.
 * South Edisto River February 9, 1865.
 * North Edisto River February 12–13, 1865.
 * Columbia, South Carolina on February 16–17, 1865.
 * Battle of Bentonville, Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19–21, 1865.
 * Occupation of Goldsboro, Goldsboro, North Carolina, March 24, 1865.
 * Advance on Raleigh, North Carolina from April 10–14, 1865.
 * Occupation of Raleigh April 14, 1865.
 * Bennett's House on April 26, 1865.
 * Surrender of General Johnston and his army.
 * March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19, 1865.
 * Grand Review May 24.
 * Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865.

Casualties
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 36 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 229 Enlisted men by disease. Total 266.