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


This unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in September 13, 1861 after the [[7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (3 months, 1861)|7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (3 months)]] was mustered out in August. The non-veterans mustered out September 20, 1864. The veterans and recruits transferred to 19th Indiana Infantry September 23, 1864.<ref>National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 4 January 2011).</ref>
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in September 13, 1861. Non-Veterans mustered out September 20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 19th Indiana Infantry September 23, 1864.


For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br>
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===


*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#7th3yr 7th Regiment Infantry (3 Years)] at The Civil War Archive.
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.  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Indiana_Infantry_Regiment 7th Indiana Infantry  Regiment (3 Years)] at Wikipedia.


=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
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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. If you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.  
*Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/officers/7th_in_infantry_officers.pdf Roster]
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*Company A - many men from[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Daviess&author_givenName=&author_surname= &nbsp;Dearborn County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
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*Company B - many men from&nbsp;mixture of County - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
Companies and general counties of enlistment:
*Company C - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Ohio&author_givenName=&author_surname= Ohio County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
*Company A - many men from [[Dearborn County, Indiana Genealogy|Dearborn County]]
*Company D - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Decatur&author_givenName=&author_surname= Decatur County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
*Company B - many men from [[Hendricks County, Indiana Genealogy|Hendricks County]]
*Company E - many men from [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Decatur&author_givenName=&author_surname= Decatur County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
*Company C - many men from [[Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy|Ohio County]]
*Company F - many men from[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Johnson&author_givenName=&author_surname= Johnson County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1294784204265_628" />
*Company D - many men from [[Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy|Decatur County]]
*Company G - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Decatur&author_givenName=&author_surname= Deactur&nbsp;] County - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
*Company E - many men from [[Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy|Decatur County]]
*Company H - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Hendricks&author_givenName=&author_surname= Hendricks County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
*Company F - many men from [[Johnson County, Indiana Genealogy|Johnson County]]
*Company I - many men from[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Marion&author_givenName=&author_surname= &nbsp;Marion County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]  
*Company G - many men from [[Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy|Decatur County]]
*Company K - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Daviess&author_givenName=&author_surname= Dearborn County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]
*Company H - many men from [[Hendricks County, Indiana Genealogy|Hendricks County]]
*unassigned recruits - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]
*Company I - many men from [[Marion County, Indiana Genealogy|Marion County]]
*Company K - many men from [[Dearborn County, Indiana Genealogy|Dearborn County]]


===Regimental History and Roster===
The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 6th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/7th_in_infantry.html web site.]


*''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana,'' Volume 2, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1865. 7th Indiana Infantry Reorganized Officer Roster.  '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant02indi/page/40/mode/2up Internet Archive].
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*''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana,'' Volume 4, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866. 7th Indiana Infantry Reorganized Soldier Roster.  '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant04indi/page/90/mode/2up Internet Archive].


=== Other Sources  ===
=== Other Sources  ===


*[[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).
WEBSITES
 
*National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm 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|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|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.
 
*[https://www.in.gov/iara/services-for-public/search-archives-holdings/indiana-archives-digital-index-records/ Indiana State Digital Archives for Civil War] can be searched by soldier's name.
 
*[https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/indiana/7th-indiana/ Timeline of the 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment] at The Civil War in the East
 
*Fogle, James S. ''Civil War letters of James Fogle and Solomon Glick : transcript .'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987.  {{FSC|525043|item|disp=FS Library film 1513825, item 2}}(*).
 
*Hadley, John V. (1st Lt.), ''An Indiana Soldier in Love and War: The Civil War Letters of John V. Hadley''. Ed. James I. Robinson, Jr. ''Indiana Magazine of History'' 59, no. 3 (September 1963): 189-288. 1861-1865, Hendricks County (Plainfield), 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. B.  ''Seven months a prisoner.'' Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993. {{FSC|669312|item|disp=FS Library film 6084364}}(*). ''Seven months a prisoner, or thirty-six days in the woods.'' Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993. {{FSC|2794224|item|disp=FS Library film 6084363}}(*); {{WorldCat|35252926|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.


*Morgan, Otho H., and E. R. Murphy. ''History of the 7th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery; War of the Rebellion,'' 1861 to 1865. Bedford, Ind: Press of the Democrat, 1898.  {{FSC|669149|item|disp=FS Library film 6084345}}(*); {{WorldCat|44427405|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.  '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/859290 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]&nbsp;(accessed&nbsp;30 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.<br>


*Merrill, Samuel. ''The Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion''. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900.  {{FSC|552504|item|disp=FS Library film 1550180}}; {{WorldCat|5153184|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/178342 FamilySearch Digital Library].  
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#7th3yr The Civil War Archive]. (accessed&nbsp;30 Dec 2010)&nbsp;&nbsp;Brief history of the 7th&nbsp;Regiments, Indiana Infantry.<br>


*Thomson, Orville. ''Narrative of the service of the Seventh Indiana Infantry in the war for the Union : from Philippi to Appomattox.''  Baltimore, Maryland : Butternut and Blue, c1993. Reprint. {{FSC|537386|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.2 M2th}}; {{WorldCat|7873497|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. See also: ''From Philippi to Appomattox : narrative of the service of the Seventh Indiana Infantry in the war for the Union.'' Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993. Film of original. {{FSC|669332|item|disp=FS Library film 6084367}}(*).
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Regiment_Indiana_Infantry_(3_years) Wikipedia ]&nbsp;(accessed&nbsp;30 Dec 2010) article on the 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. <br>


=== References ===
*[http://history-sites.com/~kjones/USal-in.html Union Army Regimental History Index]&nbsp;(accessed&nbsp;30 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units,&nbsp;states Alabama&nbsp;to Indiana.<br>


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*[http://civilwarintheeast.com/USA/IN/7IN.php 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment]&nbsp;(accessed 30 Dec 2010) timeline <br>


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Brief History[edit | edit source]

Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in September 13, 1861. Non-Veterans mustered out September 20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 19th Indiana Infantry September 23, 1864.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin[edit | edit source]

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.


The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 6th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site.


Other Sources[edit | edit source]

WEBSITES

  • Wikipedia  (accessed 30 Dec 2010) article on the 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
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