34th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 34th Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed The Morton Rifles, was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Moved to Camp Wicliffe, Kentucky, December 14, 1861, and duty there until February 7, 1862.

3rd Brigade, 12th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February 1863.

1st Brigade, 12th Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863.

Siege and capture of Island Number Ten, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8.

Expedition down Mississippi River to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, May 19–23 (Detachment).

Ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4, thence to Brashear City September 12.

Moved to Pass Cavallo, Texas, December 23, 1863 – January 8, 1864, and duty there until February 21.

Ordered to Brazos, Santiago, Texas, December 18, and duty there until June 16, 1865.

March to Ringgold Barracks, 260 miles up the Rio Grande June 16–28.

Duty at Ringgold Barracks until July 24, and at Brownsville, Texas, until February, 1866.

[1] The last soldier killed during the American Civil War was Private John J. Williams, a member of Company B, 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

He was killed during the last land engagement of the war, the Battle of Palmito Ranch Texas, on May 13, 1865.

Private John J. Williams, Company B, 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the last soldier killed during the American Civil War . His Zouave style jacket was worn by the veteran regiments of the XIII Corps, which chose a distinctive uniform jacket instead of a corps badge.