One Hundred Days' Volunteers. -- Indiana's quota of 100 days'
troops was eight regiments, numbering consecutively from the
132nd to the 139th, inclusive.
They were used largely for guard duty and in garrisoning
necessary points, relieving veteran troops for active field
work in the important campaigns of 1864. These troops were to
perform such duty as might be required of them in any state,
and were to be armed, subsisted, clothed and paid by the
United States.
Upon reaching Nashville they were assigned to railroad guard
duty along the lines of the Nashville & Chattanooga, Tennessee
& Alabama, and Memphis & Charleston railroads. They were kept
constantly engaged in this work until the latter part of Aug.,
1864, serving beyond the time for which they had enlisted,
keeping Sherman's lines of communication open for the
transportation of supplies to his army.
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Infantry. -- Col., Edward J.
Robinson, Lieut.-Col., Thomas D. Fouts, Maj., Page J.
Pickerell.
This regiment was organized at Indianapolis in May, 1864.
Five companies were from counties in the 3rd Congressional
district, and five from other parts of the state, one being
from Kokomo, one from Medora, one from Zanesville, one from
Sullivan county and one from Rockville.
Mustered in May 27, 1864 it left the state at once for
Tennessee. It was mustered out in Aug. 1864. Strength, 928.
Loss by death, 17; desertion. 2.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3, p. 186
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