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


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


*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf7.htm#87th 87th Regiment Infantry], (accessed 10 May 2012).<br>
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf7.htm#87th 87th Regiment Infantry] at The Civil War Archive.
*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Regiment_Indiana_Infantry 87th Regiment Indiana Infantry], (accessed 21 June 2012).<br>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Indiana_Infantry_Regiment 87th Indiana Infantry Regiment] at Wikipedia.


=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== 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.  
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.  
 
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*Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/officers/87th_in_infantry_officers.pdf Roster]
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*Company A - many men from [[Jasper County, Indiana Genealogy|Jasper]] and [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton]] County - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 403
Companies and general counties of enlistment:
*Company B - many men from [[Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy|Pulaski County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 405
*Company A - men from [[Jasper County, Indiana Genealogy|Jasper]] and [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton]] Counties
*Company C - many men from [[Miami County, Indiana Genealogy|Miami County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 407
*Company B - men from [[Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy|Pulaski County]]
*Company D - many men from [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 408
*Company C - men from [[Miami County, Indiana Genealogy|Miami County]]
*Company E - many men from [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fultonand]] [[Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy|Pulask]] County - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 410
*Company D - men from [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton County]]
*Company F- many men from [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 412
*Company E - men from [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton]] and [[Pulaski County, Indiana Genealogy|Pulaski]] Counties
*Company G - many men from [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La Porte County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 414
*Company F - men from [[Fulton County, Indiana Genealogy|Fulton County]]
*Company H - many men from [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La Porte County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster ]on page 415
*Company G - men from [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La Porte County]]
*Company I - many men from [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La Porte County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 417
*Company H - men from [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La Porte County]]
*Company K - many men from [[St. Joseph County, Indiana Genealogy|St. Joseph County]]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 419
*Company I - men from [[La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy|La Porte County]]
*Unassigned Recuits - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/87th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf Roster] on page 420
*Company K - men from [[St. Joseph County, Indiana Genealogy|St. Joseph County]]
 
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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)
This Regiment was recruited in the Eighth Congressional District.  


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Note: This Regiment was recruites in the Eighth Congressional District.  
*Company H - men from [[St. Joseph County, Indiana Genealogy|St. Joseph County]].  ''A History  of St. Joseph County, Indiana''. By Timothy Edward Howard. Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. Vol. 2, page 726.  977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2 {{FSC|268928|item|disp=FS Library 1550208}}; {{WorldCat|254374049|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. '''''Online at:''''' Vol. 2 - [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/66509/?offset=0#page=123&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library].


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===Regimental History and Roster===


*Company H - many men from [[St. Joseph County, Indiana Genealogy|St. Joseph 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  ''(Chicago, Illinois;: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 );FHL US/CAN;Book 977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2[http://books.google.com/books?id=5y4VAAAAYAAJpg=PA766-IA1dq=A+History+of+St.+Joseph+County,+Indianasource=gbs_selected_pages&amp;cad=3#v=onepageqf=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/254374049referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book]</ref>''<br><br>
*''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].


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


WEBSITES
*[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.
 
*[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>
 
*[[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Regiment_Indiana_Infantry Wilipedia&nbsp;]&nbsp;(accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.<br>


*[http://history-sites.com/~kjones/USal-in.html Union Army Regimental History Index]&nbsp;(accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units,&nbsp;states Alabama&nbsp;to Indiana<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, [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>


*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]
*[[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>


BOOKS AND FILMS
*[[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>


*Company "H", 87th Infantry some members were from St Joseph&nbsp; country. On page 726 on this book,&nbsp;give person from St. Joseph Country only. &nbsp;Howard,&nbsp;Timothy Edward, ''A History&nbsp;of St. Joseph County, Indiana&nbsp; ''(Chicago, Illinois&nbsp;: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 )&nbsp;FHL US/CAN&nbsp;Book 977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2[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 Google books&nbsp;](accessed 07 Jan 2010)&nbsp;&nbsp;{{FHL|268928|item|disp=FHL 1550208}}&nbsp;&nbsp;[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&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book]<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.


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


*Society of the Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Newell Gleason. ''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''. (South Bend, Ind: National Union Book &amp; Job Print, 1870.) FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084424 (1 fiche) {{FHL|670687|item|disp=FHL Collection}} [http://www.worldcat.org/title/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/oclc/219650427&referer=brief_results other library]
*''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 ===
=== References ===


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

Latest revision as of 10:36, 20 September 2024

Brief History

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.[1]

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

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

Companies and general counties of enlistment:


This Regiment was recruited in the Eighth Congressional District.

______________________________________________________________________

Regimental History and Roster

  • 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: 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: Internet Archive.

Other Sources

  • 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.
  • "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. 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. 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. FS film 6084424(*); At various libraries (WorldCat).

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 4 January 2011).
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