Indiana

On July 1, 1863, Indiana units engaged Confederate forces at Gettysburg and sustained some of the first casualties among the Union ranks. In this battle to preserve the Union, 552 men from Indiana were casualties to that cause. Those honored included men who served in the 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Companies I and K of the 1st Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, and Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F of the 3rd Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Hoosiers who were remembered for nobly advancing freedom on this battlefield.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States