76th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 76th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

76th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Active	July 20, 1862, to August 20, 1862
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

Service

The 76th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for thirty days service on July 20, 1862, under the command of Colonel James Gavin, who was temporarily reassigned from his command with the 7th Indiana Infantry.

The regiment mustered out of service on August 20, 1862.

Detailed service

Duty at Evansville, Indiana, and at Henderson, Kentucky, operating against guerrillas and protecting steamboats on the Ohio River until August 20.

See also

• American Civil War portal
• Indiana portal

• Newburgh Raid
• List of Indiana Civil War regiments
• Indiana in the Civil War

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

Attribution

• This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.