72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History

This unit was organized at Lafayette, Indiana. Moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. It took part in the Capture of Macon April 20 and the Pursuit of Jeff Davis May 6-10. Then the regiment moved to Nashville, Tennessee, May 23-June 15 and mustered out June 26, 1865.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:

• 72nd Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
• 72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment at Wikipedia.

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. If you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:

• Company A - men from Carroll County
• Company B - men from Montgomery County
• Company C - men from Tippecanoe County
• Company D - men from Boone County
• Company E - men from Montgomery County
• Company F - men from Warren County
• Company G - men from Tippecanoe County
• Company H - men from Fountain County
• Company I - men from Warren and Jasper Counties
• Company K - men from Clinton County

Regimental History and Roster

• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 2, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1865. 72nd Indiana Infantry Officer Roster. Online at: Internet Archive.
• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 6, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866. 72nd Indiana Infantry Soldier Roster. Online at: Internet Archive.

Other Sources

• Indiana State Digital Archives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name.

• 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.
  

• "'Please Send Stamps': The Civil War Letters of William Allen Clark". 72nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. K. Edited by Margaret Black Tatum, Indiana Magazine of History. Online at: PDF articles at IUScholarWorks:
  

Part I, vol. 91, no. 1 (March 1995): 81-107.

Part II, vol. 91, no. 2 (June 1995): 197-225.

Part III, vol. 91, no. 3 (September 1995): 288-319.

Part IV, vol. 91, no. 4 (December 1995): 407-436.

• History of the 72d Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the Mounted Lightning Brigade. By B. F. McGee and Wm. R. Jewell. Huntington, W. Va: Blue Acorn Press, 1992. FS film 1490875; At various libraries (WorldCat).