. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . nd Murfreesbor-ough. LTp to February 1, 1863, Lieutenant Zollinger servedbravely and faithfully with his company. Impairedhealth, from undue exertion and severe exposure in thefield, compelled him to resign at this time. Fully re-gaining his health, he again set about recruiting a com-pany in the fall of 1863, which was in due time assignedto the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment, Indi-ana Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was filled in abrief time, and in March, 1S64, Charles A. Zollinger wascommissioned its lieuten
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . nd Murfreesbor-ough. LTp to February 1, 1863, Lieutenant Zollinger servedbravely and faithfully with his company. Impairedhealth, from undue exertion and severe exposure in thefield, compelled him to resign at this time. Fully re-gaining his health, he again set about recruiting a com-pany in the fall of 1863, which was in due time assignedto the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment, Indi-ana Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was filled in abrief time, and in March, 1S64, Charles A. Zollinger wascommissioned its lieutenant-colonel, and June 15. [864,was commissioned and mustered colonel, vice CharlesCase. This position he retained until the final dischargeof the regiment August 29, 1865, at Charlotte, NorthCarolina. For a time during this period it fell to his lotto command the brigade wherein his regiment belonged ;and, although commanding the regiment as well as thebrigade, he was ever attentive to the needs and comfortof his men. His regiment took part in the Atlanta campaign, and. was engaged at Buzzards Roost, Dalton, Resaca, Peach-Tree Creek, and Strawberry Run, where he lost threecolor-bearers and a large number in killed and took part in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain,Atlanta, Jonesborough, Franklin, Tennessee, and the twodays battle in front of Nashville, Tennessee. They thenfollowed the remnant of Hoods army to Clifton, on theTennessee River, where the Twenty-third Army Corps,to which his regiment belonged, were transferred ontransports to Cincinnati, there taking cars for Washing-ton, From Washington they marched to Alexan-dria, Virginia, took transports to Wilmington, NorthCarolina, remaining there a few days, then returned toMorehead City, then went to New-Berne by rail; fromthere marched to Kinston, North Carolina, where theyfought their last battle, losing quite heavily in killed andwounded. From Kinston they marched to Goldsborough,North Carolina, and formed
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