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This unit was organized at South Bend, Indiana, and mustered in August 31, 1862. It marched to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and was mustered out June 10, 1865.<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><br>  

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

*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf7.htm#87th 87th Regiment Infantry] at The Civil War Archive.

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Indiana_Infantry_Regiment 87th Indiana Infantry Regiment] at Wikipedia.

=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===

*''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana,'' Volume 3, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866. 87th Indiana Infantry Officer Roster. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant03indi/page/78/mode/2up Internet Archive].

*''Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana,'' Volume 6, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866. 87th Indiana Infantry Soldier Roster. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/reportindiana06dougrich/page/402/mode/2up Internet Archive].

*[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.

*[[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, [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. <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>

*"A Letter from the Front: Vicksburg, 1863", Joseph B. Gosset. 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.  [https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/11472/0 PDF article] at IUScholarWorks Journals.

*''Indiana's indomitable 87th infantry regiment : to Chickamauga and to the sea with Fulton County's volunteers ; a Civil War commentary.'' By Jack K. Overmyer. [Rochester, Indiana : J.K. Overmyer], 1994. {{FSC|758663|item|disp=FS book 977.2 A1 no. 316 and film 2055150}}(*).

*''First Annual Reunion, with Reports of the Meetings, of the Society of the Eighty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry Laporte, Ind., Sept. 23d and 24th, 1869''. Society of the Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Newell Gleason. South Bend, Ind: National Union Book & Job Print, 1870. {{FSC|670687|item|disp=FS film 6084424}}(*); {{WorldCat|219650427|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.

=== References ===

[[Category:Indiana_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] [[Category:Union Military Units]]