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John Renahan
Regiment Name 88th Indiana Infantry
Side Union
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Priv.
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergt.
Film Number M540 roll 63
88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in August 29, 1862. Ordered to Louisville,
Ky., August 29, and duty there till October 1. Attached to 17th Brigade, 2rd Division,
Army of the Obio, September, 1862. l7th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army Ohio, to
November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland,
to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to
April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade.
1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky.,
October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there till December
26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-20. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31,
1862, and January 1-2, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma
Campaign June 22-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the
Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga
September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September
24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November
23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pea Vine Creek and Graysville November 26. Ringgold Gap,
Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to Charleston December 30, 1863, to January 10,
1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., Februar!
y 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Buzzard's Roost Gap, May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and
Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June
10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek,
July 18. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek
August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Near Red Oak August 30. Battle of
Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations aginst Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama
September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah
December 10-21. Campaign of the Car!
olinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of
Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and
his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May
24. Mustered out June 7, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 3 Officers and 147 Enlisted men by disease. Total 214.
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