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 ''[[United States of America|United States]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Indiana|Indiana]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Indiana Military Records|Indiana Military]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Indiana_in_the_Civil_War|Indiana in the Civil War]]''
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+During the Civil War, Indiana raised about 210,000 men for the Union. Their records can be found in state records shown on this page, unit records which may be found on the military unit pages (see below for links), or [[United States Civil War 1861 to 1865, Part 2|federal records]]. For ideas on how to begin searching for your Civil War ancestor, see [[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]].<br>[[Image:{{IndianaSoldiersMonument}}]] <br>
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-During the Civil War, about&nbsp;210,000 men served in the Union forces, mostly in the Army, thought 2,130 men served in the Navy. More than 60% of the Indiana regiments mustered and trained in the state capital of Indianapolis.
+During the Civil War, about 210,000 men served in the Union forces, mostly in the Army, thought 2,130 men served in the Navy. More than 60% of the Indiana regiments mustered and trained in the state capital of Indianapolis.
 For more information, see the Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_in_the_American_Civil_War Indiana in the American Civil War].
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 <br>The information in the lists of Indiana Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.
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 <center>'''Indiana Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Union Units 1st through 16th|1st-16th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Union Units 17th through 60th|17th- 60th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Union Units 61st through 124th|61st- 124th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Union Units 128th through 159th|128th- 159th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Union Units A to Z|A to Z]]</div>
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 <center>'''Indiana Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Infantry Union Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Cavalry Union Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Artillery Union Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Union Legions|Legions]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Union Colored Troops|Colored Troops]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Indiana Civil War Unassigned Union Units|Unassign -ed Units]]</div>
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 === State Records  ===
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 :- Carnahan, J. Worth. ''History of the Easel-Shaped Monument and a Key to the Principles and Objects of the Grand Army of the Republic and Its Co-workers . . . Together With a List of All the G.A.R. Posts in the United States, Alphabetically Arranged by Towns, With Time of Meeting, etc...'' Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1992. (Family History Library film {{FHL|523244|title-id|disp=1760243}}) This is a microfilm of the original book published in Chicago by Dux Publishing in 1893.
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 *United States Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Indiana''. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library films {{FHL|87183|title-id|disp=881722–807}}). This provides the name of the soldier, his rank, and unit. This information can be used to obtain copies of the federal service and pension records, which are available only at the National Archives.
 The compiled service records of Indiana soldiers have not been microfilmed and are only available from the National Archives. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]].
-=== Pension Records ===
+=== Pension Records  ===
 '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]].
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 === References  ===
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+<br> {{U.S. Civil War}}
-{{U.S. Civil War}}
 [[Category:Indiana_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]