79th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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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.

• Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
• Company A - many men from Marion County - see Roster on page 277
• Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 278
• Company C - many men from Marion County - see Roster on page 280
• Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 281
• Company E - many men from Shelby and Hamilton Counties - see Roster on page 282
• Company F- many men from Marion Country - see Roster on page 284
• Company G - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 285
• Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 286
• Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 288
• Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 289
• Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page 291

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 79th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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     Allen Library 
  

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