1st Indiana Heavy Artillery Regiment

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery Regiment
21st Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Indiana artillery, presumably part of the 1st Regiment, at the Siege of Port Hudson in 1863
ActiveJuly 24, 1861, to January 10, 1866
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry & Heavy artillery
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
1st Indiana on the move at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1st Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery was a heavy artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was nicknamed the "Jackass Regiment". Before being converted into an artillery unit in 1863, it served as the 21st Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.