87th Indiana Infantry

Indiana's Eighty-Seventh Regiment Infantry, commanded by Colonel Newell Gleason in Third Brigade under VanDerveer, Third Division under Brannan, and Fourteenth Corps under Thomas, fought on September 19, 1863, near Reed's Bridge and tower south of the crossroads, supported the 9th Ohio when it charged the enemy and recaptured Burnham's regular battery, and with the brigade withstood the last attack on the Union left. On September 20, 1863, from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M., it fought in Kelly Field east of the LaFayette Road; about 11 A.M. the regiment was attacked with great fury, repulsed the enemy, and drove him beyond the field. At 1.30 P.M. it retired to Snodgrass Hill and fought there until 7.30 P.M. Going into battle with an effective force of 366, it lost 7 officers and 33 enlisted men killed, 4 officers and 138 enlisted men wounded, and 8 missing, for total casualties of 190, a loss of 51.5 percent.

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