7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History

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

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 Staff - see Roster
• Reorganized Officer - see Roster

• Company A - many men from Hendricks County - see Roster on page 14
• Company A - Reorganized Soldier of Dearborn County - see Roster on page 91
• Company B - many men from Decatur County - see Roster on page 15
• Company B - Reorganized Soldier of Hendicks Country - see Roster on page 93
• Company C - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 16
• Company C - Reorganized Soldier of Ohio County - see Roster on page 95
• Company D - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster on page 17
• Company D - Reorganized Soldier of Decatur County - see Roster on page 96 
• Company E - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster on page 19
• Company E - Reorganized Soldier of  Decatur County - see Roster on page 98
• Company F - many men from Decatur County - see Roster on page 20
• Company F - Reorganized Soldier of Johnson County - see Roster on page 100
• Company G - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster on page 21
• Company G - Reorganized Soldier of Decatur County - see  Roster on page 102
• Company H - many men from Johnson County - see Roster on page 22
• Company H - Reorganized Soldier of Hendricks County - see Roster on page 104
• Company I - many men from Ohio County - see Roster on page 23
• Company I - Reorganized Soldier of Marion County - see Roster on page 105
• Company K - many men from Morgan County - see Roster on page 24
• Company K - Reorganized Soldier of Dearborn County - see Roster on page 107
• unassigned recruits - Reorganized Soldier - see Roster on page 107

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

WEBSITES

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

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 30 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
  

• The Civil War Archive. (accessed 30 Dec 2010)  Brief history of the 7th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.
  

• 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment, History of the 7th Regiment

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

• Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 30 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana.
  

• 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment (accessed 30 Dec 2010) timeline
  

• Hadley, John V. (1st Lt.), "An Indiana Soldier in Love and War: The Civil War Letters of John V. Hadley" 1( ed. James I. Robinson, Jr., Indiana Magazine of History 59, no. 3 (September 1963): 189-288.)861-1865, Hendricks County (Plainfield), 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. B  Abstract and Bibliographic Information   article PDF
  

BOOK

• 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. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084345 (1 fiche) FHL Collection  other libraries
  

• Kemper, G. W. H. The Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers Three Months Enlistment.( Muncie, Ind: R.W. Cowan Print. Co, 1903.) FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084365 (1 fiche) FHL Collection  other libraries
  

• Merrill, Samuel. The Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion. (Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900) FHL US/CAN Film 1550180 FHL Collection  other libraries  Goolge books
  

• Narrative of the service of the Seventh Indiana Infantry in the war for the Union. (1800. [United States]: Published by the author.)  977.2 M2th FHL US/CAN Book   FHL Collection   other libraries

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