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=== Brief History  ===
=== Brief History  ===


Organized at New Albany, Indiana,&nbsp;and mustered in August 19, 1862. At surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 3, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 4 January 2011).</ref>  
This Unit was organized at New Albany, Indiana,&nbsp;and mustered in August 19, 1862. It was at the Surrender of Johnston and his army. Then march to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. They mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 3, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 4 January 2011).</ref>  


=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
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*Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/officers/66th_in_infantry_officers.pdf Roster]  
*Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/officers/66th_in_infantry_officers.pdf Roster]  
*Company A - many men from [[Washington_County,_Indiana|Washington County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 54  
*Company A - many men from [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 54  
*Company B - many men from [[Washington_County,_Indiana|Washington County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 56  
*Company B - many men from [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 56  
*Company C - many men from [[Harrison_County,_Indiana|Harrison County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 57  
*Company C - many men from [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 57  
*Company D - many men from [[Orange_County,_Indiana|Orange County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 59  
*Company D - many men from [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 59  
*Company E - many men from [[Orange_County,_Indiana|Orange County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 60  
*Company E - many men from [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 60  
*Company F- many men from [[Washington_County,_Indiana|Washington]] and [[Scott_County,_Indiana|Scott]] Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 62  
*Company F- many men from [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington]] and [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott]] Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 62  
*Company G - many men from [[Crawford_County,_Indiana|Crawford County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 64  
*Company G - many men from [[Crawford County, Indiana|Crawford County ]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 64  
*Company H - many men from [[Washington_County,_Indiana|Washington]] and [[Harrison_County,_Indiana|Harrison ]]Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 65  
*Company H - many men from [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington]] and [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison ]]Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 65  
*Company I - many men from [[Floyd_County,_Indiana|Floyd ]]and [[Harrison_County,_Indiana|Harrison]] Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 67&nbsp;  
*Company I - many men from [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd and]] [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison]] Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 67&nbsp;  
*Company K - many men from [[Scott_County,_Indiana|Scott]] and [[Washington_County,_Indiana|Washington ]]Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 68  
*Company K - many men from [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott]] and [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington ]]Counties - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 68  
*Unassigned Recuits - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 70
*Unassigned Recuits - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/66th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 70


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*Companies -A 15 men, B 20 men, D all except 7 men, E all except 10 men, from [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange County]] <ref>"Military History Of Oragge County" Chapter 7 in History of Washington County Indiana: A Re-Production of the Original "History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties" 1884''. (Salem, Ind: Washington County Historical Society, 1999.), (page 520-521, Regiment, Companies),977.226 H2Lc FHL {{FHL|477890|item|disp=FHL Collection}} [http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-washington-county-indiana-a-re-production-of-the-original-history-of-lawrence-orange-and-washington-counties-1884/oclc/436936422&amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results other libraries][http://www.archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00chic INTERNET ARCHIVE]</ref>
*Companies -A 15 men, B 20 men, D all except 7 men, E all except 10 men, from [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange County]] <ref>"Military History Of Oragge County" Chapter 7 in History of Washington County Indiana: A Re-Production of the Original "History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties" 1884''. (Salem, Ind: Washington County Historical Society, 1999.), (page 520-521, Regiment, Companies),977.226 H2Lc FHL {{FHL|477890|item|disp=FHL Collection}} [http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-washington-county-indiana-a-re-production-of-the-original-history-of-lawrence-orange-and-washington-counties-1884/oclc/436936422&amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results other libraries][http://www.archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00chic INTERNET ARCHIVE]</ref>


=== Other Sources  ===
=== Other Sources  ===
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WEBSITES  
WEBSITES  


*[http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/TitleInfo.aspx?TID=77 Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War ]can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 16 Aug 2011) <br>
*[http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/TitleInfo.aspx?TID=77 Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War ]can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011) <br>


*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]&nbsp;(accessed 13 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.<br>
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|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).<br>
 
*National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ 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. <br>
 
*[[Indiana in the Civil War|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. <br>
 
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|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. <br>


*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf5.htm#66th The Civil War Archive]. (accessed 13 Dec 2010)&nbsp;&nbsp;Brief history of the&nbsp;66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.<br>
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf5.htm#66th The Civil War Archive]. (accessed 13 Dec 2010)&nbsp;&nbsp;Brief history of the&nbsp;66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.<br>
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=== References  ===
=== References  ===


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[[Category:Indiana_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]
[[Category:Indiana_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]
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