11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry

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Brief History

This Unit was organized at Lafayette, Kokomo and Indianapolis, Indiana, November 10, 1863, to April 2, 1864.  They march to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September 1-11, and there mustered out September 19, 1865.

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

• The Civil War Archive section, 11th Regiment Cavalry, (accessed 27 May 2012).
  

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. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

• Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
• Company A - many men from Tippecanoe County - see Roster on page 216
• Company B - many men from Jay, Greene, and Pulaski counties - see Roster on page 217
• Company C - many men from Switzerland, Adams, Allen, and Wells counties - see Roster on page 219
• Company D - many men from Vigo County - see Roster on page 220
• Company E - many men from Howard County - see Roster on page 222
• Company F- many men from Parke and Howard counties - see Roster on page 223
• Company G - many men from Sullivan, Clark, and Howard counties - see Roster on page 225
• Company H - many men from Boone and Tippecanoe counties - see Roster on page 226
• Company I - many men from Tippecanoe, White, and Clark counties - see Roster on page 228
• Company K - many men from Warren, Fountain, Daviess, and Montgomery counties - see Roster on page 229
• Company L - many men from Wabash County - see Roster on page 231
• Company M - many men from Carroll, Montgomery, and Clinton counties - see Roster on page 233
• Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page 234

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 126th Indiana Regimen / 11th Indiana Cavalry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 29 Jan 2011)

Other Sources

• Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)
  

• 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.
  

• The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010)  Brief history of the 11th Regiments, Indiana Cavalry.
  

• Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry.
  

• Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana
  

• Booth, Louise. Waiting for the moment. (Villa Park, California : D.R. Booth Associates, c1983), FHL book 977.241 H2b copy 2 digitalizedand FHL fiche 6048860