The 88th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 88th Indiana Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 29, 1862, under the command of Colonel George Humphrey. Company F was mustered in on September 13, 1862, at Louisville, Kentucky.
The regiment was attached to 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps, to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to June 1865.
The 88th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service on June 7, 1865.
Ordered to Louisville, Ky., August 29, and duty there until October 1. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1âÂÂ15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26âÂÂ30. Battle of Stones River December 30âÂÂ31, 1862 and January 1âÂÂ3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19âÂÂ21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga, September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23âÂÂ27. Lookout Mountain November 23âÂÂ24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pea Vine Creek and Graysville November 26. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to Charleston December 30, 1863, to January 10, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22âÂÂ27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23âÂÂ25. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8âÂÂ11. Buzzard's Roost Gap, May 8âÂÂ9. Battle of Resaca May 14âÂÂ15. Advance on Dallas May 18âÂÂ25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11âÂÂ14. Lost Mountain June 15âÂÂ17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5âÂÂ17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peachtree Creek July 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5âÂÂ7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25âÂÂ30. Near Red Oak August 30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the Sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10âÂÂ21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, N.C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19âÂÂ21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10âÂÂ14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review of the Armies May 24.
The regiment lost a total of 214 men during service; 9 officers and 55 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 147 enlisted men died of disease.