75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History

This unit was organized at Wabash, Indiana, and mustered in August 19, 1862. It was at Grand Review May 24. The regiment mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 8, 1865.

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

• 75th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
• 75th 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 Wabash County
• Company B - men from Tipton County
• Company C - men from Howard County
• Company D - men from Hamilton County
• Company E - men from Sullivan, Gibson and Huntington Counties
• Company F - men from Jay County
• Company G - men from Madison County
• Company H - men from Huntington County
• Company I - men from Hancock and Hamilton Counties
• Company K - men from Wells County

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• Company C - men from Howard County. Roster at INGenWeb.

75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry was organized within the Eleventh Congressional District.

Regimental History and Roster

• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 3, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866. 75th Indiana Infantry Officer Roster. Online at: Internet Archive.
• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 6, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866. 75th 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.
  

• History of the Seventy-Fifth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles (1862-65). By David Bittle Floyd. Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1893. FS film 6084415(*); At various libraries (WorldCat).

• "'We Have Surely Done a Big Work': The Diary of a Civil War Soldier on Sherman's, 'March to the Sea'". By William Bluffton Miller. Ed. Jeffrey L. Patrick and Robert Willey, Indiana Magazine of History, 94, no. 3 (September 1998): 125-135. 1864, Wells County, 75th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. PDF article at IUScholarWorks.