84th Indiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Richmond and Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September 3, 1862. Ordered to Covington, Ky., September 8, and duty in the defenses of Covington and Cincinnati, Ohio, during Kirby Smith's threatened attack on Cincinnati. Moved to Point Pleasant, W. Va., October 1. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Eastern Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to February 18, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Baird's 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, February, 1863. Baird's Division, Franklin, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Moved from Point Pleasant, W. Va., to Guyandotte October 13, 1862, and duty there until November 14. Ordered to Kentucky November 14. Duty at Catlettsburg and Cassville, Ky., until February 7, 1863. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 7-20, thence to Franklin, Tenn., March 5, and duty there until June 3. Pursuit of Van Dorn March 9-12. Repulse of Van Dorn's attack on Franklin April 10. Moved to Triune June 3. Repulse of Forest's attack on Triune June 11. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Shelbyville July 1. At Wartrace until August 12.

August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
- September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- October 2, 1863 - Skirmish near Chattanooga, Tennessee

Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. At Whiteside until February, 1864. Near Kingston December 4, 1863. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.

May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- Tunnel Hill May 6-7.
- May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
- Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Near Kingston May 18-19.
- Near Cassville May 19.
- Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Pine Hill June 11-14.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Assault on until September 26.
- Moved to Memphis, thence march Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
- Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.

Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville, Tenn., until June. Mustered out June 14, 1865. Recruits transferred to 57th Indiana Infantry.