122nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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122nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History

"The call of Sept. 14, 1863, for the formation of four regiments of cavalry and seven regiments of infantry led to volunteering for five regiments of cavalry and six of infantry, and the war department accepted the additional cavalry in place of the infantry. The companies raised for the 122nd regiment, in the 3d Congressional district, were consolidated with the 120th directed to be raised in the 1st Congressional district, the numerical designation of 122nd being dropped."

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit"

For more information on the history of this unit, see:

• 122nd Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.

Other Sources

• Indiana State Digital Archives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name.

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Indiana in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Indiana in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Indiana, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans' censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.