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32nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. It was also known as Indiana's "1st German" regiment because its members were mainly of German descent. Organized at Indianapolis, the regiment's first recruits mustered into service on August 24, 1861. From 1861 to 1865, the 32nd Indiana was attached to the first Army of the Ohio and the Army of the Cumberland, where it served in the Western Theater. The regiment's major engagements included the Battle of Rowlett's Station, the Battle of Shiloh, and Battle of Stones River during 1861 and 1862. The 32nd Indiana also participated in the Tullahoma Campaign, the Chickamauga Campaign, and the Chattanooga Campaign in 1863, and in numerous battles during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. After its first group of three-year enlisted men mustered out at Indianapolis on September 7, 1864, the remaining troops in the regiment fought at the Battle of Jonesborough and the Battle of Lovejoy's Station. A reorganized 32nd Indiana, which included a battalion of four companies, was attached to the Department of Texas and served in Texas until its remaining men mustered out of service on December 4, 1865. ==Organization== Shortly after the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Indiana's German community responded to Governor Oliver P. Morton's call for recruits to enlist in the Union Army and urged the governor to establish an the state's first German regiment, which became the 32nd Indiana. Governor Morton selected August Willich of Cincinnati, Ohio, at that time a major of the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Ohio's first German regiment), to organize a new regiment for Indiana. Willich was commissioned as a colonel on August 12, 1861, and arrived in Indianapolis the following day. He established a recruiting headquarters at Union Hall, located at Pennsylvania and Market Streets in Indianapolis, and began the selection process to fill the ranks of his new regiment. Regimental leaders looked for men among the new recruits arriving at Indianapolis's Camp Morton who had fighting experience and were in good physical condition. The first 434 men who enlisted in the regiment for three years mustered into service on August 24, 1861. Regimental officers at the time it was organized: *August Willich, colonel〔 *Carl Schmitt, adjutant〔 *Henry Von Tebra, drillmaster〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「32nd Indiana Infantry Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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