34th Indiana Infantry Regiment

34th Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Flag of the United States, 1863-1865
ActiveSeptember 16, 1861, to February 3, 1866
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Island Number Ten
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel Robert A Cameron
Colonel Robert B. Jones
Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Morrison

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. It had the distinction of fighting in the last land action of the war, the Battle of Palmito Ranch, Texas May 12–13, 1865, and also of suffering the last soldier killed during the war, Private John J. Williams.