79th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

United States     U.S. Military     Indiana     Indiana Military     Indiana in the Civil War     79th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History

Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 20 to September 2, 1862. At Nashville, Tennessee, till June, 1865. Mustered out June 7, 1865.

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.

Other Sources

WEBSITES

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 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 13 Dec 2010)  Brief history of the 79th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
  

• Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 79th Regimen, Indiana Infantry.
  

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

 

 

BOOK

 

•  Parker, George W. History of the Seventy-Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War of eighteen sixty-one in the United States ( Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993 )  FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084416 (3 fiche) FHL1550208  Other libraries with this book
  

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)