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James L. Douglas (First_Last) Regiment Name 75 Indiana Infantry SideUnion Company H Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.Alternate Name James/Douglas Notes Film Number M540 roll 20
UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Wabash, Ind., and mustered in August 19, 1862. Left Statefor Louisville, Ky., August 21, thence moved to Lebanon, Ky. Attachedto 40th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of theCiimberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 14th ArmyCorps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, toOctober, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June,1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-20, 1862. Battle ofPerryville, Ky., October 8. March to Bowling Green, Ky., October26-November 3, thence to Scottsville November 10, and to Gallatin,Tenn., November 25. Pursuit of Morgan to Glasgow, Ky., December 22,1862, to January 2, 1863. Moved to Cave City January 2, thence toNashville and Murfreesboro, Tenn. Duty at Murfreesboro till June.Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Expeditionto Woodbury March 3-8. Expedition to Lebanon, Carthage and LibertyApril 1-8. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee orTullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. TullahomaJune 29-30. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage ofthe Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.)Campaign August 16-September 22. Shellmound August 21. Narrows nearShellmound August 28. Reconnoissance from Shellmound towardChattanooga August 30-31. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siegeof Chattanooga September 22-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold CampaignNovember 23-27. Mission Ridge November 23-24. Mission Ridge November25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty at Chattanooga andRinggold, Ga., till May, 1864. Reconnoissance from Ringgold towardTunnel Hill April 29. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8.Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin VineCreek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona HillsMay 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw MountainJune 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17.Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siegeof Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement onJonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege ofSavannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April,1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Averysboro March 16. Battle ofBentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance onRaleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's HouseApril 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Musteredout at Washington, D. C., June 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 43 Enlisted men killed andmortally wounded and 2 Officers and 186 Enlisted men by disease. Total232.
Information obtained: 06 Apr 2005, sljuhl--The film number and rollnumber is helpful when ordering records from the National Archives.He is a brother to Henry L. Douglas and William H. Douglas. The threebrothers enlisted the same year into the Civil War from Indiana. ThisJames and his brother Henry were in the Battle in Perryville together,however they were in separate regiments.
Perryville
Other Names: None
Location: Boyle County
Campaign: Confederate Heartland Offensive (1862)
Date(s): October 8, 1862
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell [US]; Gen. BraxtonBragg [CS]
Forces Engaged: Army of the Ohio [US]; Army of the Mississippi [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 7,407 total (US 4,211; CS 3,196)
Description: Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg?s autumn 1862 invasion ofKentucky had reached the outskirts of Louisville and Cincinnati, buthe was forced to retreat and regroup. On October 7, the Federal armyof Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, numbering nearly 55,000, converged onthe small crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky, in three columns.Union forces first skirmished with Rebel cavalry on the SpringfieldPike before the fighting became more general, on Peters Hill, as thegrayclad infantry arrived. The next day, at dawn, fighting began againaround Peters Hill as a Union division advanced up the pike, haltingjust before the Confederate line. The fighting then stopped for atime. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flankand forced it to fall back. When more Confederate divisions joined thefray, the Union line made a stubborn stand, counterattacked, butfinally fell back with some troops routed. Buell did not know of thehappenings on the field, or he would have sent forward some reserves.Even so, the Union troops on the left flank, reinforced by twobrigades, stabilized their line, and the Rebel attack sputtered to ahalt. Later, a Rebel brigade assaulted the Union division on theSpringfield Pike but was repulsed and fell back into Perryville. TheYankees pursued, and skirmishing occurred in the streets in theevening before dark. Union reinforcements were threatening the Rebelleft flank by now. Bragg, short of men and supplies, withdrew duringthe night, and, after pausing at Harrodsburg, continued theConfederate retrograde by way of Cumberland Gap into East Tennessee.The Confederate offensive was over, and the Union controlled Kentucky.
Result(s): Union strategic victory
CWSAC Reference #: KY009
Preservation Priority: I.1 (Class A)
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