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William H. Thomas BIRTH 1840 Indiana, USA DEATH 1871 (aged 30-31) BURIAL Fairmount Cemetery Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA PLOT Lot 91 (read by DAR) MEMORIAL ID 115785264 CIVIL WAR VETERAN CO. H 39TH INDIANA INFANTRY & 8th Indiana Cav Regiments Enlisted 29 Aug 1861 (Co. H, 39th Indiana Inf Regiment) Mustered out 20 July 1865 Indianapolis, IN The 39th Indiana Infantry ceased to exist on October 15, 1863, when its designation was changed to 8th Indiana Cavalry. Detailed service Ordered to Kentucky and duty at Muldraugh's Hill, Camp Nevin, Nolin Creek, and Green River until February 1862. Action at Upton's Hill, Kentucky, October 12, 1861. March to Bowling Green, Kentucky, then to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 2, 1862. March to Savannah, Tennessee, March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August. March to Nashville, Tennessee, then to Louisville, Kentucky, in pursuit of Bragg August 20-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Dog Walk October 8-9. March to Bowling Green, Kentucky, then to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stones River December 30-31, 1862 and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until April. Reconnaissance to Middleton March 6-7. Christiana and Middleton March 6. Expedition to Middleton May 21-22. Middleton May 22. Shelbyville Pike June 4. Operations on Eaglesville Pike June 4. Near Murfreesboro June 6. Tullahoma Campaign June 22-July 7. Christiana June 24. Battle of Liberty Gap June 24-27. Tullahoma June 29-30. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Ford, Chickamauga Creek, September 17. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Missionary Ridge September 22. Shallow Ford Road September 22. Companies L and M joined the regiment in September 1863. Expedition to eastern Tennessee after Champ Ferguson September-October. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 398 men during service; 9 officers and 138 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 250 enlisted men died of disease.
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