82nd Indiana Infantry

The 82nd Indiana Infantry, commanded by Colonel Morton C. Hunter in the First Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Corps, reached the front on September 19th at 11 A.M. and supported Church's Battery after it had been sent to VanDerveer's line, then moved at night to the extreme right of the corps. On the morning of September 20th, it held the right of the brigade's second line east of the Dyer House and northwest of Brotherton House. Just before noon, after Longstreet's fierce attack drove the front line from the works, Colonel Hunter ordered the regiment to charge, and it recaptured and held the works in gallant style, but when it was immediately outflanked and almost surrounded, it fell back fighting until a little after 12 M. It was the first regiment of Brannan's Division to form a line of battle on Snodgrass Hill, and that line was firmly held against all assaults until night ended the battle. The regiment lost 20 killed, 68 wounded, and 23 missing.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States