Mustered in at Indianapolis August 29, 1861, with Thomas J. Harrison as Colonel.

Officers, 53; men, 1,155; recruits 776; re-enlisted veterans, 305; unassigned recruits, 126; total, 2,4,15. Officers died, 10; men died, 329; deserters, 56. Mustered out July 20, 1865.

ACCOUNT OF THE THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT

Mustered into service at Indianapolis August 29, 1861, under command of Thomas J. Harrison as Colonel, and left for Kentucky early in September, marched with Buell's army to Nashville, and on the 7th of April 1862, participated in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., with a loss of 2 killed, 34 wounded, total, 36; was in the siege of Corinth from the 11th of April to the 30th of May, 1862; passed through Northern Alabama to Nashville, to Louisville, and back through Kentucky again with Buell's army, after Bragg, covering the time from April to November of that year; afterward engaged in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., December 31,1862, and January 1 and 2, 1863, suffering a loss of 31 killed, 118 wounded,and 231 missing, in all, 380; then camped at Murfreesboro, till April following, when the men were mounted and served as mounted infantry, taking part in the fight with Wheeler's Cavalry, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., on the 6th of June 1863, and in the series of skirmishes at Middleton and Liberty Gap; in the battle of Winchester, Tenn., and of Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, 1863.

On the 15th of October of the same year, it was organized as the Eighth Cavalry, and, during the month of December succeeding, it was engaged in courier duty between Chattanooga and Ringgold, Ga. February 22, 1864, it was veteranized and furloughed home the following April; participated in the Rousseau raid, routed the enemy at Coosa River and Chehaw Bridge, and in McCook's raid around Atlanta, as well as in Kilpatricks's raid through Georgia. In the battle of Lovejoy's Station, it rode over Ross' rebel division, capturing all his artillery and four battle flags; was engaged also in the battles of Jonesboro and Flint River, skirmishing in the vicinity of Atlanta; marched with Kilpatrick through Georgia to Goldsboro, N. C., and took part in the battles and skirmishes at Waynesburg, Buckhead Church, Brown's Cross Roads, Reynolds' Farm, Aiken, Bentonville, Averysboro and Raleigh. At Averysboro,it routed Rhett's rebel brigade of infantry, numbering ten times its own force, with a loss of 14 killed and 29 wounded; subesquently engaging with Forrest's Command in the battle of Pulaski, Tenn.

On the 20th of February, 1865, the Third and Eighth Cavalry Regiments were consolidated as the Eighth Regiment,and on the 20th of July, having previously routed Hampton's forces at Morristown, N. C., it remained on duty in that State at the date given, at which time it was mustered out of service. Upon the return of the regiment to Indianapolis, on the 31st of July, 1865, a public reception was tendered, and speeches appropriate to the occasion were made by Lieut. Gov. Baker, and Gen. Hovey. It was finally discharged a few days after.

This regiment, from first to last, enrolled nearly 2,900 men, had 9 officers killed in battle, 300 of its men had been captured and detained as prisoners of war. In return, it had taken prisoners more that 1,500 of the enemy, captured 1,000 stands of arms, three railroad trains, 1,400 mules and horses, many wagons, 14 pieces of artillery, 4 battle flags, and destroyed many miles of railroad track. Its field of operations was Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas, with Buell in Kentucky and Tennessee, with Thomas in Tennessee, with Sherman through Georgia to the sea, and through the Carolinas. The entire route presented a continued scene of daring and adventure. As mounted infantry and cavalry especially,there was scarcely an interval of inactivity. Raids, chases, caputres skirmishes and battles followed each other with fearful rapidity and terrible execution. In the beginning, its route lay across Kentucky and Tennessee to Nashville and Corinth, thence back again across Tennessee and Kentucky, pursuing Bragg to Nasville, Murfreesboro and Chattanooga.

From the time of its becoming mounted, its activity was still greater than before. Roussau's, McCook's and Kilpatrick's raids, and Kilpatrick's march to the sea and to Goldsboro, were crowded with adventure, and the regiment was constantly on the alert, the exigencies of the time making heavy demands upon their endurance and skill to carry the command through the hardships encountered, and to outrival the shrewdness of the opposing foe. They were, however, usually crowned with success, notwithstanding the terrible pressue attending the movements. Portions of the regiment were captured, but as a whole, it was never defeated. Taken all in all, the history of the gallant Thirty-ninth, both in the role of infantry and cavalry, is truly wild, exciting and adventurous, and the brave boys composing it may well be proud of the record they made.

COMPANY B.

James W. Jones, died in Indiana July 9, 1864.
COMPANY F.
Jefferson Durman, mustered out July 20, 1865.
Robert Wilson, mustered out July 20, 1865.

COMPANY G.
William H. Childs, John Curts, John F. Purdue.
John A. Shafer, died, date not stated.
Philip C. Adams, discharged June 5, 1865, for disability.
John R. Stewart, Killed at Flint River, Ga., August 31, 1864

COMPANY H.
James S. McLaughlin (Company C), missing in action November 28, 1864.
Charles E. Wilkins; record indefinite.

COMPANY I.
John B. Allen, James M. Combs, F. W. Coppersmith, Joseph D. Coppersmith, Thomas J. Danner, Cyrus C. Dragoo, Abel Humbert, James A Jester, Jesse Miller, Alexander McKinley, Darlin M. Tuttle; Jasper Van Matre, as Corporal; Oliver H. P. Van Matre
William Combs, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Marcellus Childs, mustered out August 9, 1865.
William P. Gilbert, mustered out July 9, 1865.
Asbury Newhouse, mustered out June 10, 1865.
John L Reynolds, mustered out July 20, 1865, as Commissary Sergeant.
Simon P. Swearingen, died at Nashville, June 30, 1864.

COMPANY M.
J. Stewart, John M. Smith, George M. Tuttle.
John B. Arnold, record indefinite.
George W. Nelson, mustered out July 6, 1865.
John W. Campbell, died March 12, 1864, of disease.

FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT---(SECOND CAVALRY---THREE YEARS).

Mustered in at Indianapolis December 9, 1861, with John A. Bridgland as Colonel. Re-organized September 14, 1864. Mustered out July 22, 1865.

Officers, 51; men, 1,079; recruits, 340; veterans, 78; unassigned recruits, 176; total, 1,724. Officers died, 7; men died, 227; deserters, 105.

The Forty-first re-organized (four companies) September 14, 1864. Officers, 18; men, 197; recruits, 9; unassigned recruits, 9; total, 233. Men died, 22.

The Second was the first complete cavalry regiment made up in the State. It was organized at Indianapolis on the 3d of September, 1861, and Col. John A. Bridgland placed in command; mustered into service December 9, 1861; broke camp and started for Louisville, Ky., December 16, 1861. Subsequently, it went with Buell's army to Nashville, thence to Shiloh, after the battle, skirmishing near Corinth, Miss., April 9, 1862; made reconnoissance in force, April 22, and drove the enemy three miles; from April 11 until May 30, it participated in the siege of Corinth, Miss., skirmishing with the enemy at Tuscumbia, Ala., on the 31st, suffering a small loss; was in the battle at Gallatin, August 21, losing a considerable number in killed and wounded; went in the Buell campaign against Bragg; through Kentucky, in September and October, engaging in the battle of Vinegar Hill, Ky., on the 22d of September; of Perryville (Chaplin Hills), Ky., October 8, 1862. On the 30th of November, a detachment of this regiment re-captured a Government train, defeating the rebel cavalry, killing 20 and capturing 200 prisoners, for which action they were highly complimented by Gen. Rosecrans, in special field orders. In the winter of 1862, the regiment was on duty near Nashville. June 11, 1863, it was in the battle of Triune, coming out with some loss. During the fall of 1863, it was on duty along the line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. On the 29th of November, several of the men were drowned at Caney Fork, and on the 29th of December, it engaged the enemy in the battle of Talcott's Station. January 10, 1864, the men re-enlisted at Mossy Creek, Tenn., afterward engaging in numerous scouts and skirmishes with considerable loss. From May to September, 1864, it was on the march with Sherman, to Atlanta, participation in the fights at Varnell's Station, near Resaca, on the 9th of May; near Acworth, July 1; near Newnan, July 28 and 30; near Atlanta, on the 30th of August, 1864. After Atlanta was taken, the non-veterans were mustered out, and the veterans and recruits formed into a battalion, with four companies, September 14, 1864, under the command of Maj. Rowell S. Hill.

COMPANY D.

Captain--Edwin C. Anthony, resigned March 15, 1862.
Nathaniel B. Coulston, veteran; transferred to Second Cavalry, re-organized.
William M. Lister, First Sergeant.
Thomas Mahan, Corporal.
Jephthah Strawn, veteran; transferred to Second Cavalry, re-organized.
Landry Van Matre, veteran; trasferred to Second Cavalry, re-organized.
George Abbott, mustered out October 4, 1864.
George W. Bates, mustered out October 4, 1864.
John E. Beemer, record indefinite.
David M. Bell, mustered out October 4, 1864, as Corporal.
James Barrett, mustered out October 4, 1864, as Corporal.
Isaac Bracken, discharged November, 1862, for disability.
Samuel Biers, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Job Combs, discharged March 8, 1865, for disability.
Thomas Carter, mustered out October 6, 1864.
Richard Cray, transferred to the marine service.
Isaiah Duddleston, Corporal; muster out October 4, 1864.
William Downs, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Samuel Drennon, transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Elijah Early, mustered out October 4, 1864.
James W. Ellis, mustered out October 4, 1864.
William J. Falkner, Corporal; mustered out October 4, 1864.
George B. Futrell, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Martin V. Fuller, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Stephen Flemming, Corporal; mustered out October 4, 1864.
Valentine Gibson, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Samuel M. Gregory, mustered out October 4, 1864.
D. M. Gregg, Corporal; mustered out October 4, 1864.
Henry C. Godwin, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Ferdinand D. Goff, died at Louisville, May 7 1864.
George W. Goodman, discharged June 13, 1862, for disability
Uriah Harrold, mustered out October 4, 1864.
William Haymond, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Henry Hernly, discharged for disability.
Thomas Hartley, captured at Atlanta; mustered out June 2, 1865.
William Jones, mustered out October 4, 1864.
George Jones, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Turner Johnson, mustered out October 4, 1864.
John S. Krohn, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Daniel B. Kimball, Sergeant; mustered out October 1, 1864, as First Sergeant
John W. Keenan, mustered out October, 1864.
John Kirk, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Martin Mann, mustered out October 4, 1864.
William J. Michener, Corporal, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Fred J. McConnell, Quartermaster Sergeant; discharged Aug. 1, 1862, for disability.
Wilson Martin, died at New Albany, 1862.
Lemuel O'Neil, mustered out October 4, 1864.
James D. Reynolds, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Robert Robe, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Andrew J. Reynolds, discharged October 29, 1862, for disability.
Joseph W. Slonaker, mustered out October 4, 1864, as Corporal.
Henry Stiffler, Corporal; muster out October 4, 1864.
William H. Shrack, Sergeant; muster out October 4, 1864.
Joel D. Starr, mustered out October 4, 1864.
William H. Sailors, mustered out October 4, 1864, as Corporal.
Horace H. Wade, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Owen M. Wilson, discharged April 15, 1863.
William Wright, mustered out October 4, 1864.
Elie Younce, mustered out October 4, 1864.

Note.---(by Helm)---The names on roll in the army stood "Wilson, Wade, Wright (into) Younce" and the Sergeant would call the roll in that way, and Wilson would do that very thing as they went to quarters.

COMPANY E.
John W. Sherry, mustered out October 4, 1864, as Corporal.

COMPANY K.
Benjamin Sharp, discharged November 12, 1863, for disability. FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT---(THREE YEARS).

COMPANY G.

John Whitaker, veteran, mustered out October 23, 1866.
FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT---THREE YEARS.

This regiment was mustered into service at Richmond, on the 18th of November, 1861, with J. W. T. McMullen as Colonel. Officers, 50; men 925; recruits, 449; veterans, 215; unassigned recruits, 15; total, 1,652. Mustered out with 23 officers and 138 men, under Col. John S. McGraw. Officers died, 7; men died, 260; deserters, 54. Veteranized January 1, 1864, and mustered out of service at Victoria, Texas, December 14, 1865.

ACCOUNT OF THE REGIMENT.

The Fifty-seventh Regiment was kept mostly in Kentucky and Tennessee, passing over a very large portion of those States in executing the purposes of its mission in the beleaguered territory. It was at first assigned to the Sixth Division of the Army of the Ohio, afterward called the Army of the Cumberland, and, after the battle of Chickamauga, was placed in Sheridan's Division of the Fourth Army Corps, in which position it was almost constantly on duty, being engaged in nearly all the actions that took place in that region, enduring severe hardships and casualties. To give an idea of the soldier's life and of the perils to which he is subjected, it is enough to state that the deaths in the Fifty-seventh were 300, or about one to every eight of those engaged, while those discharged for disability were 243, making 543 in all, or, adding for the probable deaths among those recorded as missing, there will be found fully six hundred either dead or disabled in a single regiment, or about 36 percent of the entire body. This is indeed a frightful loss, and tells a fearful tale of the calamities of war.

The brief sketch given in the State report of the war, as to the field of operations of this regiemtn, is substantially as follows: Tennessee and Kentucky, in 1862; the siege of Corinth, the pursuit of Bragg, the campaign of Rosecrans in Tennessee, all during the same year; the relief of Chattanooga, in 1863; the pursuit of Hood, in 1864; in East Tennessee in 1863-64; against Atlanta in 1864, and in Texas in 1865. The battles in which it was engaged, exclusively, or jointly with other forces were the following: Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 7, 1862; siege of Corinth, May 11 t0 30; Perryville, Ky., October, 1862; Stone River, December 31, 1862, and January 1 and 2, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 23 and 25, 1863; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 9, 1864; Resaca, May 14 and 15, 1864; New Hope Church, May 27; Kenesaw Mountain, June 18, 23, 27; Peach Tree Creek, July 20; siege of Atlanta, July 21 to September 2, and Jonesboro, September 1, 1864, all in the State of Georgia; Spring Hill, November 29; Franklin, November 30, and Nashville, December 15,16, 1864, in Tennessee.

If any one will scan that list he will find it to be a formidable one indeed---nearly all of them great and hotly contested engagement. The marching done, from point to point, was immense. Many regiments, whose movememts were extensive, changed places mostly by rail or by steamer, or both. This regiment, on the contrary, had to take it the old way --on foot--and a tedious means of travel they found it to be. A member of the Fifty-seventh, describing these journeyings, says: "We crossed Kentucky three times, and traversed Tennessee six times, marching and countermarching, hither and thither, as though we would never have done. Our tramps altogether would amount to several thousand miles." It might be profitable labor to trace its movements somewhat in detail. Indianapolis, Louisville, Lebanon, Mumfordsville, Shiloh, Corinth, North Alabama, across Kentucky and Tennessee, and into Mississippi and Alabama, Middle Tennessee, Tullahoma, Perryville, Nasville, traversing much of Tennessee and Kentucky again, and back through Kentucky and into Tennessee once more. Stone River, Tulahoma, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and then back to Chattanooga, making hundreds of miles of actual marching, much of it in the winter. The campaign to Knoxville, after Longstreet, was fearful, without sutable food or clothing. One mess of seven had nothing to cook in but two canteens opened. Some of the time they had nothing but bran to make bread of. Some of the time they hadnothing but bran to make bread of. They lived "off the country," in fact, and a poor and scanty living they got in truth. Many soldiers had marched the shoes from their feet before they got back from that terrible trip among the mountains of Tennessee. They started at midnight, and by midnight again had marched forty miles. They took no rations, but took what they could as they went, which living, in truth, was little less than starvation. The army, however, bore it all like heroes, and returned to winter quarters in Georgia and Alabama, to be ready in the spring to take up their march through Georgia to the sea and across the Carolinas to Richmond. However, the Fifty-seventh remained behind, and helped to fight the great battles of Franklin and Nashville, chased Hood into Alabama, went again to Bull's Gap, Tenn., and then to Nashville, till at length it was transferred, in July, 1865, to Levacca, Texas in which State it remained until the final "muster out" of the regiment, December 14, 1865, at Victoria, with 23 Officers and 168 men. The "Delaware boys," in the Fifty-seventh, were in Companies C, E, F, G, I and K--not many in each.

COMPANY C.

Captain--Robert B. Heuchan, commissioned January 1, 1865; resigned July 7, 1865.

COMPANY E.
Joseph A. Bowen, discharged February 12, 1863, for disability.
Lystra Baughn, died at Corinth, Miss., May 26, 1862.
Elias E. Cree, Corporal; veteran; transferred to the United States Engineers August 24,1864; mustered out September 26, 1865.
Isaiah Cry, discharged July 22, 1862, for disability.
John N. Hatfield, killed at Kenesaw Mountain June 23, 1864.
Elmer L. Johns, veteran; died of wounds at Chattanooga, July 1, 1864.
James H. Jones, mustered out April 4, 1865.
Lewis Jones, died at Tuscumbia, Ala., July 2, 1862.
Eli B. Kline, died at Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 1862.
Abram McConnell, veteran, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 17, 1865.
Bethuel McConnell, veteran, mustered out as Corporal December 14, 1865.
Archibald S. H. Neff, discharged June 21, 1862, for disability.
Noel Russell, died at Nashville, Tenn.
Levi H. Shaffer, died at Hamburg, Tenn., July 4, 1862.
William Truitt, Brigade Wagonmaster, mustered out--time expired.
Thomas J. Updyke, discharged for disability November 18, 1862.

COMPANY F.
George C. Baker, veteran, mustered out as Corpora December 14, 1865.
Milton Carmichael, died at Louisville, Ky., November 27, 1862.
William H. Hiatt, veteran, mustered out as Corporal December 14, 1865.
Joseph Hiatt, veteran, killed at new Hope Church, Ga., May 27, 1864.
William Hiatt, veteran, mustered out December 14, 1865.
James D. Hiatt, discharged March 23, 1863, for disability.
Enoch Hiatt, discharged April 18, 1863, for disability.
John Kenny, killed at Mission Ridge, Ga., November 25, 1863.
Asbury L. Kerwood, First Sergeant, mustered out February 5, 1865.
Alonzo McLaughlin, lost an arm at Stone River; discharged 1863.
Martin McGeath, Discharged June 21, 1862, for disability.
James F. Pettay, died at Nashville, Tenn., March 27, 1862.

COMPANY G.
Hiram H. Roberts, mustered out December 14, 1865, as Corporal.
Samuel Younce, mustered out March 14, 1865.
Philip T. Younce, died at Levacca, Texas, November 24, 1865.

COMPANY H.
George Baney, discharged May 18, 1863.
John F. Chenoweth, lost on the Sultana, in Mississipp River, in the spring of 1865.
Nathan Clements, killed at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864.
Henry C. Clements, mustered out December 14, 1865.
David L. Cline, died at Lebanon, Ky., February 2, 1862.
George Fulton, discharged July 13, 1862.
George W. Gibson, mustered out December 14, 1865.
John W. Jackson, discharged July 3, 1862.
Goldsmith G. Norris, veteran, mustered out as Sergeant December 14, 1865.
Ezra Searles, veteran, mustered out as Corporal December 14, 1865
Parker Truitt, Corporal, died at Chattanooga December, 1863, of wounds.
Charles N. Thornburg, Corporal, discharged May 4, 1863, for wounds received at Stone River.
Asahel F. Thornburg, died at home June 28, 1862.
John W. White, veteran, commissioned Second Lieutenant June 1, 1865; mustered out December 14, 1865, as First Sergeant.
Hercules Wilcoxon, died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 25, 1863.

COMPANY I.
Lewis S. Horn, Second Lieutenant, promoted to First Lieutenant; resigned November 13, 1862, for disability.
John W. Horn.

COMPANY K.
First Lieutenant--Horace E. Williams, from Company D, Eighty-fourth Regiment.
Private--Nathan W. Dean, mustered out December 14, 1865.