51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History

Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in December 14, 1861. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till December. Mustered out at San Antonio, Texas December 13, 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 Hendricks County - see Roster on page 509
• Company B - many men from Newton, Jefferson, Clinton, and Crawford counties - see Roster on page 511
• Company C - many men from Hendricks County - see Roster on page 513
• Company D - many men from Howard and Hancock counties - see Roster on page 515
• Company E - many men from Knox County - see Roster on page 518
• Company F- many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 520
• Company G - many men from Miami County - see Roster on page 522 
• Company H - many men from Knox County - see Roster on page 524 
• Company I - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 526
• Company K - many men from Sullivan County - see Roster on page 529
• Unassigned Recruits - see Roster on page 530

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 51th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

Other Sources

WEBSITES

• Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 16 Aug 2011)
  

• 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)  Website with histories of the Indiana Regiments.
  

• List of Indiana Civil War regiment (accessed 13 Dec 2010) List of Indiana Regimental that are on Wikipedia.
  

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

BOOK

• Hartpence, Wm. R. History of the Fifty-First Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry A Narrative of Its Organization, Marches, Battles and Other Experiences in Camp and Prison; from 1861 to 1866. (Harrison, Ohio: Hartpence, 1968.) FHL US/CAN Film 1550170 FHL Collection   other library  Google books

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