The 47th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 47th Indiana Infantry was organized at Anderson and Logansport, Indiana November 2 through December 13, 1861, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel James Richard Slack. The regiment was attached to 19th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to February 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to July 1863. Helena, Arkansas, District of Eastern Arkansas, Department of the Missouri, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Department of the Tennessee, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February 1863. 1st Brigade, 13th Division, XIII Corps, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 12th Division, XIII Corps, to July 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to August 1863, and Department of the Gulf to June 1864. District of LaFourche, Department of the Gulf, to July 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, Reserve Division, Military Division, West Mississippi, to February 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division, West Mississippi, February 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Military Division, West Mississippi, to May 1865. Department of Louisiana to October 1865. The 47th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service October 23, 1865, and discharged November 2, 1865, at Indianapolis. Detailed service Left Indiana for Bardstown, Kentucky, December 13, 1861 Moved to Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky, and duty there until February 1862. Ordered to Commerce, Missouri, February 14, 1862. New Madrid, Missouri, February 24. Siege of New Madrid, Missouri, March 5–14. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 13–17. Duty at Tiptonville until May 19. Expedition down Mississippi River to Fort Pillow May 19–23. Moved to Memphis, Tennessee, June, and duty there until July 24. Moved to Helena, Arkansas, July 24 and duty there until February 1863. Brown's Plantation, Mississippi, August 11, 1862. Expedition to Arkansas Post November 16–21. Expedition to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass, and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8. Fort Pemberton March 11. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March