35th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 35th Indiana Infantry Regiment, also known as 1st Irish Regiment as it was mainly made up of Irish-Americans, was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

35th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Monument commemorating the 35th Indiana
Active1861 - 1865
CountryUnited States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
TypeRegiment
RoleInfantry
Part ofArmy of the Ohio, 1862; Army of the Cumberland, 1863-1865 XIV Army Corps,
XXI Army Corps,
IV Army Corps
Nickname(s)1st Irish Regiment
Motto(s)Be just and fear not. (Vaness, Indianapolis Journal December 1861)
ColorsEmerald green (with scarlet and gold letters), large eagle with shamrock and harp suspended on a green ribbon from its beak (Vaness, Indianapolis Journal December 1861)
AnniversariesDecember 11, 1861 (mustering in)
October 23, 1865 (discharge)
EngagementsBattle of Stones River
Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Hoover's Gap
Battle of Chickamauga
First Battle of Chattanooga
Third Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Ringgold Gap
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Dallas
Battle of Marietta
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Franklin-Nashville Campaign
Battle of Columbia
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville
Commanders
ChaplainFather Peter Paul Cooney
Notable
commanders
Colonel John C. Walker
Colonel Bernard F. Mullen
Colonel Augustus Gabriel de Vivier Tassin
Major John P. Dufficy

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Dyer, F.H. 1908. A compendium of the war of the rebellion compiled and arranged from official records of the federal and Confederate armies... The Dyer Publishing Company. Des Moines, Iowa, USA.