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


Organized at South Bend, Indiana, and mustered in August 31, 1862. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 10, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 4 January 2011).</ref><br>
This Unit was organized at South Bend, Indiana, and mustered in August 31, 1862. It march to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. They mustered out June 10, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 4 January 2011).</ref><br>  


=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
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The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 87th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/87th_in_infantry.html web site]. (accessed 25 Jan 2011)  
The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 87th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/87th_in_infantry.html web site]. (accessed 25 Jan 2011)  


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Note: This Regiment was recruites in the Eighth Congressional District.  
Note: This Regiment was recruites in the Eighth Congressional District.  
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*Company H - many men from [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/St._Joseph_County,_Indiana St. Joseph&nbsp;County ]- see [http://books.google.com/books?id=5y4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA766-IA1&dq=A+History+of+St.+Joseph+County,+Indiana&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false Roster ]on page 726&nbsp;in ''History Of St. Joseph County&nbsp;.<ref>Company "H", 87th Infantry some members were from St Joseph; country. On page 726 on this book,;give person from St. Joseph Country only.;Howard,;Timothy Edward, ''A History;of St. Joseph County, Indiana&amp;amp;nbsp; ''(Chicago, Illinois;: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 );FHL US/CAN;Book 977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2[http://books.google.com/books?id=5y4VAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA766-IA1&amp;amp;dq=A+History+of+St.+Joseph+County,+Indiana&amp;amp;source=gbs_selected_pages&amp;amp;cad=3#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false Google books;](accessed 07 Jan 2010);{{FHL|268928|item|disp=FHL 1550208}}[http://www.worldcat.org/title/every-name-index-to-a-history-of-st-joseph-county-indiana-volumes-one-two-by-timothy-edward-howard-1907/oclc/254374049&amp;amp;referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book]</ref>''<br><br>
*Company H - many men from [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/St._Joseph_County,_Indiana St. Joseph&nbsp;County ]- see [http://books.google.com/books?id=5y4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA766-IA1&dq=A+History+of+St.+Joseph+County,+Indiana&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false Roster ]on page 726&nbsp;in ''History Of St. Joseph County&nbsp;.<ref>Company "H", 87th Infantry some members were from St Joseph; country. On page 726 on this book,;give person from St. Joseph Country only.;Howard,;Timothy Edward, ''A History;of St. Joseph County, Indiana&amp;amp;amp;nbsp; ''(Chicago, Illinois;: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 );FHL US/CAN;Book 977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2[http://books.google.com/books?id=5y4VAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;amp;pg=PA766-IA1&amp;amp;amp;dq=A+History+of+St.+Joseph+County,+Indiana&amp;amp;amp;source=gbs_selected_pages&amp;amp;amp;cad=3#v=onepage&amp;amp;amp;q&amp;amp;amp;f=false Google books;](accessed 07 Jan 2010);{{FHL|268928|item|disp=FHL 1550208}}[http://www.worldcat.org/title/every-name-index-to-a-history-of-st-joseph-county-indiana-volumes-one-two-by-timothy-edward-howard-1907/oclc/254374049&amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book]</ref>''<br><br>


=== 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/unininf7.htm#87th The Civil War Archive]. (accessed 13 Dec 2010)&nbsp;&nbsp;Brief history of the&nbsp;87th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.<br>
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf7.htm#87th The Civil War Archive]. (accessed 13 Dec 2010)&nbsp;&nbsp;Brief history of the&nbsp;87th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.<br>
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*Gosset, Joseph B., "A Letter from the Front: Vicksburg, 1863", (ed. Erich L. Ewald, ''Indiana Magazine of History ''91, no. 3 (September 1995): 321-325) Henry County (Honey Creek), 1863, 87nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E&nbsp;&nbsp; [http://www.indiana.edu/~imaghist/online_content/vcsfrmpst/voices_cvlwr/gosset.html Abstract and Bibliographic&nbsp;Information]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.indiana.edu/~imhfiles/Civil_War_VFP/Vicksburg_1863.pdf article PDF]
*Gosset, Joseph B., "A Letter from the Front: Vicksburg, 1863", (ed. Erich L. Ewald, ''Indiana Magazine of History ''91, no. 3 (September 1995): 321-325) Henry County (Honey Creek), 1863, 87nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E&nbsp;&nbsp; [http://www.indiana.edu/~imaghist/online_content/vcsfrmpst/voices_cvlwr/gosset.html Abstract and Bibliographic&nbsp;Information]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.indiana.edu/~imhfiles/Civil_War_VFP/Vicksburg_1863.pdf article PDF]


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*BOOKS
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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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