66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History

This Unit was organized at New Albany, Indiana, and mustered in August 19, 1862. It was at the Surrender of Johnston and his army. Then march to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. They mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 3, 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 Washington County - see Roster on page 54
• Company B - many men from Washington County - see Roster on page 56
• Company C - many men from Harrison County - see Roster on page 57
• Company D - many men from Orange County - see Roster on page 59
• Company E - many men from Orange County - see Roster on page 60
• Company F- many men from Washington and Scott Counties - see Roster on page 62
• Company G - many men from Crawford County - see Roster on page 64
• Company H - many men from Washington and Harrison Counties - see Roster on page 65
• Company I - many men from Floyd and Harrison Counties - see Roster on page 67 
• Company K - many men from Scott and Washington Counties - see Roster on page 68
• Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page 70

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

66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry was recruited in the second Congressional District.

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• Companies D, and K - many men from mixture of County (country is given) - see Roster

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• Companies -A 15 men, B 20 men, D all except 7 men, E all except 10 men, from Orange County

Other Sources

WEBSITES

• Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)
  

• 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.
  

• The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010)  Brief history of the 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
  

• Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 66th Regiment, 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
  

• Davis, Jackson, "'If I Was There I Could Tell You a Good Bit More': The Civil War Letters of Jackson Davis" (ed. Steven D. Zink, Indiana Magazine of History 78, no. 1 (March 1982): 38-58.)1862-1864, Washington County , 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. B   Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF   (accessed 4 Apr 2011)
  

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