10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History

Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, September 18, 1861. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 58th Indiana Infantry September 8, 1864. Old members mustered out September 19, 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 Tippecanoe County - see Roster on page 50
• Company A - Reorganized Soldier of Boone County - see Roster on page 155
• Company B - many men from Warren County - see Roster on page 51
• Company B - Reorganized Soldier of Montgomery County - see Roster on page 157
• Company C - many men from Clinton County - see Roster on page 52
• Company C - Reorganized Soldier of Clinton County - see Roster on page 158
• Company D - many men from Tippecanoe County - see Roster on page 53
• Company D - Reorganized Soldier of Benton County - see Roster on page 160
• Company E - many men from Tippecanoe County - see Roster on page 55
• Company E - Reorganized Soldier of Tippecanoe County - see Roster on page 162
• Company F - many men from Clay County - see Roster on page 56
• Company F - Reorganized Soldier of Boone County - see Roster on page 142
• Company G - many men from Montgomery County - see Roster on page 57
• Company G - Reorganized Soldier of Fountain County - see Roster on page 163
• Company H - many men from Putman County - see Roster on page 58
• Company H - Reorganized Soldier of Tippecanos County - see Roster on page 167
• Company I - many men from Boone County - see Roster on page 59
• Company I - Reorganized Soldier of Boone County - see Roster on page 168
• Company I-10th Regiment - see Roster
• Company K - many men from Marion County - see Roster on page 60
• Company K - Reorganized Soldier of Tippecanoe County - see Roster on page 170
• unassiged recuits -Roster on page 172

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 70th 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)
  

• 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)  Website with histories of the Indiana Regiment.
  

• List of Indiana Civil War regiment (accessed 13 Dec 2010) List of Indiana Regimental that are on Wikipedia.
  

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

• Company "I"-10th Regiment (accessed 11 Jan 2011) Boone Country Genealogy
  

BOOK

Shaw, James Birney.History of the Tenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Three Months and Three Years Organizations. (Lafayette, Ind: [Burt-Haywood co.], 1912.)FHL US/CAN Film
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