James Hamilton

Submitted by Ron Hamilton

James Hamilton

James C. Hamilton Served in combat in the Civil War 2nd Regiment Indiana Cavalry (41st Regiment Volunteers.), Company “M” *Note: This regiment was under different brigades and divisions. These are below in italics.*
*Rank - Private* *Enrolled - October 22, 1862 at Portland Indiana for three years* *Date of birth - March 14, 1845*
*Date*	*Place & General Information*
*1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862*
October 1	Near Nashville
October 6-7	Near Perryville, Ky.
October 8	Chaplin Hills, Perryville
October 14-16.	Near Mountain Gap, Ky.
October 16	Big Rockcastle River, near Mt. Vernon
October 29	New Haven
James C. Hamilton was taken prisoner November or December of 1862
November 28 and December 7	Capture of 3rd Georgia Cavalry. Hartsville, Tenn. Regiment complimented in special field orders for recapture of Government train and 200 prisoners.
James C. Hamilton was a part of a prisoner of war exchange on December 7, 1862
*1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863*
December 26-30	Advance on Murfreesboro (Co. "M")
December 26-27 (Co. "M")	Lavergne
December 29-31 (Co. "M")	Operations near Lavergne
December 30-31, 1862 & January 1-3, 1863 (Co. "M")	Battle of Stone's River
till June, 1863.	Duty near Nashville, Tenn.
March 10	Murfreesboro
June 6	Shelbyville Pike, near Murfreesboro
June 9 and 11	Triune
June 23-July 7	Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign
June 24	Middleton
June 27	Guy's Gap, Fosterville and Shelbyville

July 1	Bethpage Bridge, Elk River
August 16	Occupation of Middle Tennessee till
July 13-22	Expedition to Huntsville
James C. Hamilton was sent to Nashville for horses July and August of 1863.
August 16-September 22	Passage of Cumberland Mountains & Tennessee River & Chickamauga Ga Campaign
September 11.	Reconnoissance toward Rome
September 12	Alpine
September 12	Dirt Town, LaFayette Road, near Chattooga River,
September 13	Reconnoissance from Lee and Gordon's Mills toward LaFayette and skirmish
September 18	Near Stevens' Gap
September 19-21.	Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.
September 22	Missionary Ridge and Shallow Ford Gap
September 30-October 17	Operations against Wheeler and Roddy
October 13-14	Fayetteville
till December	Duty along Nashville & Chattanooga R. R.
James C. Hamilton became sick with small pox at Murfreesborough, Tennessee in the U.S. Hospital. He died on December 19, 1863, and is buried at the small pox cemetery.
Out of the 600,000 soldiers that died in the Civil War it is estimated that 2/3 of those men perished from disease and infection. During service the regiment lost 4 officers and 38 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 3 officers and 211 enlisted men by disease for a total of 256.

2nd REGIMENT CAVALRY.

(41st Regiment Volunteers.)

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., September 20, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., December 15, 1861; thence moved to Camp Wickliffe, Ky. Attached to Cavalry 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Action at Bowling Green, Ky., February 1, 1862 (Co. "H"). Movement to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25. March to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 10-April 8. Reconnoissance in force April 22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Tuscumbia Creek May 31-June 1. Pursuit to Booneville June 1-3. Osborn and Wolf's Creeks June 4. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Raid on Louisville & Nashville R. R. August 19-21 (Detachment). Humboldt Road, near Gallatin, August 21. Murfreesboro, Tenn., August 20-25-27 and September 7. Crab Orchard, Ky., September 10. Vinegar Hill September 22. Near Nashville October 1. Near Perryville, Ky., October 6-7. Chaplin Hills, Perryville, October 8. Near Mountain Gap, Ky., October 14-16. Big Rockcastle River, near Mt. Vernon, October 16. New Haven October 29. Capture of 3rd Georgia Cavalry. Hartsville, Tenn., November 28 and December 7. Regiment complimented in special field orders for recapture of Government train and 200 prisoners. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30 (Co. "M"). Lavergne December 26-27 (Co. "M"). Operations near Lavergne December 29-31 (Co. "M"). Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863 (Co. "M"). Duty near Nashville, Tenn., till June, 1863. Murfreesboro March 10. Shelbyville Pike, near Murfreesboro, June 6. Triune June 9 and 11. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Middleton June 24. Guy's Gap, Fosterville and Shelbyville June 27. Bethpage Bridge, Elk River, July 1. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Expedition to Huntsville July 13-22. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Reconnoissance toward Rome September 11. Alpine September 12. Dirt Town, LaFayette Road, near Chattooga River, September 12.

Reconnoissance from Lee and Gordon's Mills toward LaFayette and skirmish September 13. Near Stevens' Gap September 18. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Missionary Ridge and Shallow Ford Gap September 22. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. Fayetteville October 13-14. Duty along Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. till December. Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek December 24-28. Peck's House, near New Market, December 24. Mossy Creek December 26. Talbot Station December 28. Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29.

JAMES C. HAMILTON DIED AT THE AGE OF 18 FROM SMALL POX DECEMBER

2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, to July, 1865

Regiment reenlisted

January 10, 1864. Near Mossy Creek January 11-12. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17.

Bend of Chucky Road, near Dandridge, January 16. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge January 26-28. Fair Garden January 27. Swann's Island January 28. Near Marysville February 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Varnell's Station May 7 and 9.

Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Tilton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Stilesborough May 23. Burnt Hickory May 24. Battles about Dallas May 25-June 5. Ackworth June 3-4. Big Shanty June 6. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point R. R. July 27-31. Lovejoy Station July 29-30. Clear Creek July 30. Newnan July 30.

Expedition to Jasper August 11-15. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler September 1-8. Consolidated to a Battalion of 4 Companies September 14.

Cartersville September 20. Camp Creek September 30. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama October. Moved to Louisville, Ky., to refit. Pursuit of Lyon from Paris, Ky., to Hopkinsville, Ky., December 6, 1864, to January 15, 1865. Hopkinsville, Ky., December 16, 1864. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., duty there till February, 1865, and at Waterloo, Ala., till March.

Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Near Scottsville and Selma April 2. Near Hinton April 10. Montgomery April 12. Columbus Road, near Tuskegee, April 14. West Point and near Opelika April 16. Capture of Macon April 20. Duty at Macon and in the Dept. of Georgia till June. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and there mustered out July 12, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 38 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3

Officers and 211 Enlisted men by disease. Total 256.

Attached to Cavalry 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862
September 20, 1861	Indianapolis, Ind, Organized
December 15, 1861	Left State for Louisville, Ky.
Thence	Moved to Camp in Wickliffe, Ky.
February 1, 1862	Action (Co. "H") Bowling Green, Ky.
February 14-25	Movement to Nashville, Tenn.
February 25	Occupation of Nashville
March 10-April 8	March to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.,
April 22	Reconnaissance in force
April 29-May 30	Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss.
May 31-June 1	Tuscumbia Creek
June 1-3	Pursuit to Booneville
June 4	Osborn and Wolf's Creeks.
Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Ohio, June to September, 1862
June to August.	Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee
August 19-21 (Detachment)	Raid on Louisville & Nashville R. R
August 21	Humboldt Road, near Gallatin
August 20-25-27 and September 7	Murfreesboro, Tenn
September 10	Crab Orchard, Ky.
September 22	Vinegar Hill
James C. Hamilton enrolled on 22 Oct. 1862 at Portland Indiana for three years
1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862
James C. Hamilton (date of birth 14 March 1845) Enrolled on 22 Oct. 1862 at Portland Indiana for three years as a Private in Company “M” “2" Regiment, Ind. Cav. Volunteers.
This is the time span James was in the Cavalry, so it is separate.
James C. Hamilton was sick of small pox at Murfreesborough, Tennessee in the U.S. Hospital. He died on December 19, 1863, and is buried at the small pox cemetery.
December 24-28	Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek
December 24	Peck's House, near New Market
December 26	Mossy Creek
December 28	Talbot Station
December 29	Mossy Creek, Talbot Station

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James Hamilton

Submitted by Ron Hamilton

James C. Hamilton

Served in combat in the Civil War