The 73rd Indiana Infantry was organized and mustered in at Camp Rose,
South Bend,
Indiana for a three-year enlistment on August 16, 1862, under the command of
Colonel Gilbert Hathaway.
Ordered to Lexington, Kentucky. Evacuation of Lexington August 31.
Pursuit of Bragg, to London, Kentucky, October 1–22, 1862.
Battle of Perryville, October 8 (reserve).
March to Nashville, Tennessee, October 22-November 9, and duty there until December 26.
Advance on Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 26–30.
Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863.
Duty at Murfreesboro until April.
Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13–15.
Streight's Raid to Rome, Georgia, April 26-May 3. End of Streight's Raid was a 3 day running battle across 120 miles of Alabama Wilderness.
Day's Gap - April 30Sand Mountain - April 30Crooked Creek - April 30Hog Mountain - April 30East Branch - May 1 Black Warrior Creek - May 1Blount's Farm - May 2Centre - May 2 Cedar Bluff - May 3
*Regiment captured at Cedar Bluff, AL, May 3 by CS General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Reorganized and rejoined army at Nashville, Tennessee, December 1863.
Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and picketing Tennessee River from Draper's Ferry to Limestone Point. Headquarters at Triana until September 1864.
Paint Rock Bridge April 8, 1864. Scout from Triana to Somerville July 29 (detachment).
Action at Athens, Alabama, October 1–2.
Defense of Decatur October 26–29.
Duty at Stevenson, Alabama, until January 1865.
At Huntsville, Alabama, and along Mobile & Charleston Railroad until July.
Gurley's Tank February 16, 1865 (detachment).
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 241 men during service; 3 officers and 41 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 191 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
Colonel Gilbert Hathaway - killed in action at Blount's Farm, May 2, 1863
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Attribution
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public domain:
Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.