87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History

This Unit was organized at South Bend, Indiana, and mustered in August 31, 1862. It march to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. They mustered out June 10, 1865.

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

• 87th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
• 87th 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.

• 87th Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.
  

Companies and general counties of enlistment:

• Company A - men from Jasper and Fulton Counties
• Company B - men from Pulaski County
• Company C - men from Miami County
• Company D - men from Fulton County
• Company E - men from Fulton and Pulaski Counties
• Company F - men from Fulton County
• Company G - men from La Porte County
• Company H - men from La Porte County
• Company I - men from La Porte County
• Company K - men from St. Joseph County

This Regiment was recruited in the Eighth Congressional District.

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• Company H - men from St. Joseph County. A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana. By Timothy Edward Howard. Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. Vol. 2, page 726. 977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2 FS Library 1550208; At various libraries (WorldCat). Online at: Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library.

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.
  

• "A Letter from the Front: Vicksburg, 1863", Joseph B. Gosset. Ed. Erich L. Ewald, Indiana Magazine of History, 91, no. 3 (September 1995): 321-325, Henry County (Honey Creek), 1863, 87nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E. PDF article at IUScholarWorks Journals.

• Indiana's indomitable 87th infantry regiment : to Chickamauga and to the sea with Fulton County's volunteers ; a Civil War commentary. By Jack K. Overmyer. [Rochester, Indiana : J.K. Overmyer], 1994. FS book 977.2 A1 no. 316 and film 2055150(*).

• First Annual Reunion, with Reports of the Meetings, of the Society of the Eighty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry Laporte, Ind., Sept. 23d and 24th, 1869. Society of the Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Newell Gleason. South Bend, Ind: National Union Book & Job Print, 1870. FS film 6084424(*); At various libraries (WorldCat).