Indiana 78th Infantry (Union)
05/08/1862
Organized - Indiana 78th Infantry - Indiana
14/09/1862
Battle - Munfordville - Hart County, Kentucky
Munfordville
After the Confederate victory at Richmond, Kentucky at the end of August, Gen. Braxton Bragg continued to operate in the strategic border state and moved his army to cover pursuing Union army routes in the area. Munfordville, with its 1,800-foot-long railroad bridge over the Green River, was a key station on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and therefore of great military importance. Approaching the town on September 14th, Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers urged Union Col. John T. Wilder to surrender his 4,0…READ MORE
03/10/1862
Mustered Out - Indiana 78th Infantry - Indiana
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