30th Indiana Infantry

The 30th Regiment Indiana Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Orrin D. Hurd and serving in the Second Brigade under Dodge, Second Division under Johnson, and Twentieth Corps under McCook, entered the field near Crawfish Springs on September 19, 1863. At 1 p.m., it moved to the left and went into action north of the Brock Field, driving the enemy some distance in a bitterly contested struggle. After further movements to the left, night fell and the enemy attacked; after two hours of fighting, the regiment moved to the line southeast of the Kelly Field. On the morning of September 20, it threw up breastworks and resisted an assault at 9 a.m., then was moved to this position and at 12 m. was heavily attacked but held the line. About 5 p.m., the line was attacked again, and soon afterward the regiment withdrew under orders to the woods west of the Kelly Field, and then to Rossville. Its casualties were 2 officers and 8 men killed, 5 officers and 50 men wounded, and 4 officers and 57 men captured, for a total of 126.

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