Indiana 70th Infantry, Company A (Union)
7/22/62
Organized - Indiana 70th Infantry, Company A - Indiana
5/13/64
Battle - Resaca - Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, the first battle in Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a four-mile defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad west and north of Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On May 13th, Sherman tested the Rebel lines, sending forward divisions to skirmish with the Confederates, with little substantive result. On the 14th, the fighting erupted into a full-…READ MORE
6/8/65
Mustered Out - Indiana 70th Infantry, Company A - Indiana
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regiment -Indiana 70th Infantry (Union)
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