19th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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"A VIRTUAL CEMETERY CREATED BY CINDY K. COFFIN

19th Indiana Infantry Regiment - Iron Brigade of the West
A list of known burial locations or memorials for the men who served in the 19th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. A regiment in the famed Iron Brigade of the West, it was also known as the "Black Hat Brigade". They were part of the Army of the Potomac and fought at the Battles of Brawner's Farm, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. Proportionately, they suffered the most casualties of any brigade in the Civil War."

 
This was the originaly regiment of General Solomon Meredith, aka "Long Sol", an officer taller than Abe Lincoln! Meredith was 6'7, while Lincoln was 6'4.
 

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