59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History

This Unit was organized at Gosport and Indianapolis, Ind., February 11, 1862. It was at Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865.

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

• 59th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
• 59th Indiana Infantry Regiment at Wikipedia.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived, though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. If you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:

• Company A - men from Owen County
• Company B - men from Owen, Hendricks and Morgan Counties
• Company C - men from Sullivan County
• Company D - few cities or counties given
• Company E - men from Greene and Decatur Counties
• Company F - men from Orange and Crawford Counties
• Company G - men from Putnam, Clay, Morgan and Vigo Counties
• Company H - few cities or counties given
• Company I - few cities or counties given
• Company K - men from Harrison County

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Companies A, D, and E - men from Greene County. "Military History of Greene County", Chapters 8, 9, 10, Index of Names in the Sullivan County Section of History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, Indiana, 1884. By Neda Caperton. [Indianapolis]: Indiana Historical Society Library, 1972. Pages 115-181. FS book 977.242 H2hi or film 6048440(*); At various libraries (WorldCat). Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Regimental History and Roster

• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 2, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1865. 59th Indiana Infantry Officer Roster. Online at: Internet Archive.
• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 5, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866. 59th Indiana Infantry Soldier Roster. Online at: Internet 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.
  

• "Civil War Diary of Sergeant James Louis Matthews", Indiana Magazine of History, 24, no. 4 (December 1928): 306-316, 1864-1865, Warrick County (Newburgh), 59th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E. PDF article at IUScholarWorks.

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