7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry: Difference between revisions

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United States U.S. Military Indiana Indiana Military Indiana in the Civil War 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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 Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
Company A - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster
Company B - many men from mixture of County - see Roster
Company C - many men from Ohio County - see Roster
Company D - many men from Decatur County - see Roster
Company E - many men from Decatur County - see Roster
Company F - many men from Johnson County - see Roster
Company G - many men from Deactur County - see Roster
Company H - many men from Hendricks County - see Roster
Company I - many men from Marion County - see Roster
Company K - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster
unassigned recruits - see Roster

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[edit | edit source]

WEBSITES

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.

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

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 *Company D - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Decatur&author_givenName=&author_surname= Decatur County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]
 *Company E - many men from [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Decatur&author_givenName=&author_surname= Decatur County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]
-*Company F - many men from[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Johnson&author_givenName=&author_surname= Johnson County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1294784204265_628" />
+*Company F - many men from [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Johnson&author_givenName=&author_surname= Johnson County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1294784204265_628" />
 *Company G - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Decatur&author_givenName=&author_surname= Deactur&nbsp;] County - see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]
 *Company H - many men from&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=place&searchCriteria=&placeName=Indiana%2C+Hendricks&author_givenName=&author_surname= Hendricks County ]- see [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/7th_in_infantry_reorg_soldiers.pdf Roster]