Status - 40th Indiana - 4th Army Corps - 2nd Division - 2nd Brigade
The 40th Indiana has been mustered out of the service on December 21st and begun to return to Tippecanoe County.
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John Baer - Home, Tippecanoe County, IN
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40th Indiana
The 40th Indiana Regiment spent almost 4 full years in service to the Union, having been mustered in on December 30th, 1861, and remaining in service until December of 1865. All of their service was in the western theater of the war.
Killed or died from wounds: 148
Other Deaths (accident, disease, in prison camps, etc): 211
Major Battles:
Shiloh
Perryville
Stone's River
Missionary Ridge
Kenesaw Mountain
Franklin
Nashville
John Baer fought in the Battle of Rich Mountain early in the war as a member of the 10th Indiana 90 day regiment.
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