63rd Indiana
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- Joined
- Jun 15, 2020
- Location
- Back Home In Indiana
Hello,
In all of the battle histories of the 63rd Indiana, I have repeatedly read that they were dispatched early after their creation to the defense of Washington and 2nd Manassas. They were attached to Piatt's Brigade. I've struggled to find out much of what they did at 2nd Manassas...it seems as if they were a part of a snafu where Porter didn't leave clear instructions and they were one of two brigades sent directed to go initially away from the battlefield before being re-directed there. Anyone have details about what Piatt's Brigade did here?
The 63rd went on to guard the railroad South of Louisville and was an active participant in the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin and Nashville and then North Carolina in 1865.
In all of the battle histories of the 63rd Indiana, I have repeatedly read that they were dispatched early after their creation to the defense of Washington and 2nd Manassas. They were attached to Piatt's Brigade. I've struggled to find out much of what they did at 2nd Manassas...it seems as if they were a part of a snafu where Porter didn't leave clear instructions and they were one of two brigades sent directed to go initially away from the battlefield before being re-directed there. Anyone have details about what Piatt's Brigade did here?
The 63rd went on to guard the railroad South of Louisville and was an active participant in the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin and Nashville and then North Carolina in 1865.