14th Indiana Infantry

The 14th Indiana Infantry fought in principal battles including Cheat Mountain, Green Briar, Winchester, Antietam, Fredericksburgh, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Mortons Ford, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Cold Harbor, along with more than fifty other minor engagements and skirmishes. It was mustered in on June 7th 1861 and mustered out on June 7th 1864. On the evening of July 2nd 1863, Hay's and Hoke's Brigades of Early's Division of Confederate troops made a determined effort to carry Cemetery Hill by storm. The Union troops supporting the batteries there were overwhelmed and forced to retire, Wiedrick's Battery was captured, and two of Rickett's guns were spiked. Carroll's Brigade, then in position southwest of the cemetery, was sent to the rescue. Advancing at double quick time through the cemetery and across the Baltimore Pike, the men went in with a cheer. The 14th Indiana met the enemy among the guns there, where a hand to hand struggle ensued and drove the enemy from the hill. On this spot, Isaac Norris, the color bearer of the 14th Indiana, was killed and many others fell nearby. The regiment then took position along the stone fence at the base of the hill southeast from that point, facing east, and held that position to the close of the great battle.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States