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Funk, Arville L. ''Hoosiers in the Civil War''. Chicago, Illinois: Adams Press, 1967. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=161535&disp=Hoosiers+in+the+Civil+War%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.2 M2f]). This contains Civil War historical information, maps of Civil War battles, and a list of the men from Indiana units who died in the Andersonville prison. | Funk, Arville L. ''Hoosiers in the Civil War''. Chicago, Illinois: Adams Press, 1967. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=161535&disp=Hoosiers+in+the+Civil+War%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.2 M2f]). This contains Civil War historical information, maps of Civil War battles, and a list of the men from Indiana units who died in the Andersonville prison. | ||
'''Unit Histories''' - Unit histories of many Indiana regiments are on microfilm at the Family History Library. They often contain biographical information about soldiers of the unit. These are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under: | |||
*INDIANA- MILITARY HISTORY- CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 | |||
*INDIANA- MILITARY RECORDS- CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 | |||
A book containing brief regimental histories for all Indiana regiments, together with a listing of diaries, letters, certificates, and other manuscripts pertaining to each regiment is: | A book containing brief regimental histories for all Indiana regiments, together with a listing of diaries, letters, certificates, and other manuscripts pertaining to each regiment is: | ||
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Turner, Ann. ''Guide to Indiana Civil War Manuscripts''. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=787965&disp=Guide+to+Indiana+Civil+War+manuscripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.2 M23]). This book lists regiments (6–152) and batteries (3–26). There is no index. | Turner, Ann. ''Guide to Indiana Civil War Manuscripts''. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=787965&disp=Guide+to+Indiana+Civil+War+manuscripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.2 M23]). This book lists regiments (6–152) and batteries (3–26). There is no index. | ||
Unit | '''Unit Histories Available Online''' | ||
*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/civilwar/search_43indiana.php 43rd Regiment] - The Forty-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers: An Historic Sketch of Its Career and Services by William E. McLean (Terre Haute, Ind.: C. W. Brown, 1903) | |||
*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/civilwar/search_79indiana.php 79th Regiment] - History of the Seventy-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War of eighteen sixty-one in the United States by George W. Parker (Indianapolis, Ind.: Hollenbeck Press, 1899) | |||
*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/civilwar/search_81indiana.php 81st Regiment] - History of the Eighty-First Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Great War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865 by George W. Morris (Louisville, Ky.: Franklin Printing Co., 1901) | |||
*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/civilwar/search_99indiana.php 99th Regiment] - New History of the 99th Indiana Infantry by D. R. Lucas (Rockford, Ill.: Horner Printing, 1900) | |||
Indiana Commission on Public Records (Indianapolis, Indiana). ''Indiana Legion, 1861–1865, Index of Soldiers''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 5 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=544862&disp=Indiana+Legion%2C+1861%2D1865%2C+index+o%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1571078]). This card index was prepared by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and is at the Indiana State Archives. The Indiana Legion was a Civil War state militia. The index cards provide the soldier’s name, regiment, duration of enlistment, dates of enrollment and mustering in, county, age, physical description, and date and location of discharge. | Indiana Commission on Public Records (Indianapolis, Indiana). ''Indiana Legion, 1861–1865, Index of Soldiers''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 5 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=544862&disp=Indiana+Legion%2C+1861%2D1865%2C+index+o%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1571078]). This card index was prepared by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and is at the Indiana State Archives. The Indiana Legion was a Civil War state militia. The index cards provide the soldier’s name, regiment, duration of enlistment, dates of enrollment and mustering in, county, age, physical description, and date and location of discharge. | ||