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The 151st Infantry Regiment traces its heritage to the pre-statehood Indiana Rangers. [23] [24] The motto of the regiment, "Wide Awake – Wide Awake!" was earned at the Battle of Tippecanoe. [23] [25] Delta Company (Ranger) was the only National Guard Infantry unit to serve intact in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and called itself the ...
In 1846, the 2nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, Indiana Brigade was mustered into federal ervice for the Mexican–American War, and was again federalized in 1861 during the American Civil War. [2] It was reorganized in 1882 as part of the Indiana Legion, which was renamed the Indiana National Guard on 5 March 1895. [ 2 ]
Colonel Russell once led a raid on July 1, 1813, with a large force of mounted raiders including Indiana Rangers and other riflemen which traveled 500 miles through the Indiana territory destroying hostile Indian villages. Joseph Bartholomew who was a commander of the Indiana Rangers accompanied Russell on this raid. The Americans had located ...
Numerous American citizens from Indiana enlisted in United States Army and militia units during the war, including the Indiana Rangers, and served in various theaters. In September 1812, months after the war's outbreak, British-allied Native Americans laid siege to two U.S. military forts in Indiana, Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne. Both sieges ...
Thirteen Indiana Rangers were outraged by this and chased the rider, but he managed to stay ahead of them, and led them into a narrow canyon. Here, Kickapoo, Winnebago, and Shawnee warriors ambushed the Rangers. Within two minutes, twelve men and several horses were dead or dying. [6] Many of the officers were killed, and the Rangers fled.
On 3 September, with an attack on the fort imminent, Potawatomi and Miami chiefs including Winamac approached the fort holding a flag of truce.Explaining the fate for this fort made clear by the downfall of nearby forts Mackinaw, Detroit, and Chicago, Lieutenant Daniel Curtis replied to Winamac by inviting him into the fort, and the two drank three glasses of wine together. [17]
John Tipton and his militia tracked down the Shawnee group. Major Tipton ordered his rangers to maintain absolute silence, and tied one ranger to a tree when he kept talking. The militia rangers silently advanced further and quietly took positions along the bank of the river. The American militia rangers opened fire taking the Shawnee by surprise.
A force of Indiana Rangers from Washington County, Indiana under Captain Henry Dawalt intercepted the Pigeon Roost raiders at Sand Creek (in modern Bartholomew County, Indiana). One of the rangers, John Zink, was shot and later died, but the war party was able to escape with only a few casualties. [6]