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*''Indiana Civil War Records''. Salt Lake City,Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 44 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|544403|title-id|disp=1543599}}). The cards are in alphabetical order. The originals are located at the Indiana State Archives at Indianapolis. The cards often provide the man’s age at enlistment (birth year is sometimes given), physical description (color of eyes and hair, and height), nativity (place of birth), occupation, his company and rank, when he enlisted, length of service, date and place mustered in, date and place mustered out, or death date if he died in the service. | *''Indiana Civil War Records''. Salt Lake City,Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 44 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|544403|title-id|disp=1543599}}). The cards are in alphabetical order. The originals are located at the Indiana State Archives at Indianapolis. The cards often provide the man’s age at enlistment (birth year is sometimes given), physical description (color of eyes and hair, and height), nativity (place of birth), occupation, his company and rank, when he enlisted, length of service, date and place mustered in, date and place mustered out, or death date if he died in the service. | ||
*''Indiana Substitutes Hired for Civil War''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library film {{FHL|545037|title-id|disp=1556875}}). This alphabetical index has cards containing the name of the man who did the hiring, the name of the person he hired, and the company and regiment of the hired man. The original records are at the Indiana State Archives. | *''Indiana Substitutes Hired for Civil War''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library film {{FHL|545037|title-id|disp=1556875}}). This alphabetical index has cards containing the name of the man who did the hiring, the name of the person he hired, and the company and regiment of the hired man. The original records are at the Indiana State Archives. | ||
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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. | :- 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 === | |||
'''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]]. | '''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]]. | ||