13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, April 12. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25–30. Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1. 14-Mile Creek May 12–13. Battle of Champion Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 18-July 4. Assault on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Mississippi, July 4–10. Siege of Jackson July 10–17. Ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana, August 10. At Carrollton, Brashear City, and Berwick until October. Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty at New Iberia until December 17. Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, December 17 Madisonville January 7, 1864, and duty there until March. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14–26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossings, April 23. Alexandria April 30-May 10. Muddy Bayou May 2–6. Graham's Plantation May 5. Retreat to Morganza May 13–20. Mansura May 16. Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 6. Duty at Morganza until September. Expedition to Clinton August 23–29. At St. Charles, Arkansas, September 3-October 23. Expedition to Duvall's Bluff October 23-November 12. Moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, then to Memphis, Tennessee, November 25, and duty there until January 1865. Expedition to Moscow December 21–31, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 1865. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 17-April 12. Near Spanish Fort March 26. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12 to May 26. Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26 Shreveport, Louisiana, and duty there until October. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 336 men during service; 2 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 250 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Colonel James Richard Slack Lieutenant Colonel Milton Stapp Robinson Lieutenant Colonel John A. McLaughlin - commanded at the battle of Champion Hill and during the siege of Vicksburg See also List of Indiana Civil War regiments Indiana in the Civil War Notes References Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Sagamore Press Inc. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, New York, New York. . Williamson, David. (2012). The 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry: A Civil War History (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Publishers). . Attribution Further reading Williamson, David, ed. Slack's War: Selected Civil War Letters of General James