17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in June 12, 1861. They were in the capture of Macon April 20 and post duty at Macon till August. They mustered out August 8, 1865.

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


 * 17th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 17th 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.


 * Roster at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - many men from Martin County
 * Company B - many men from Boone County
 * Company C - many men from Pike, Harrison, and Crawford counties
 * Company D - many men from Johnson County
 * Company E - many men from Gibson County
 * Company F - many men from Johnson, Marshall, Wabash, Floyd, Pike, and Miami counties
 * Company G - many men from Madison County
 * Company H - many men from Gibson County
 * Company I - many men from Sullivan County
 * Company K - many men from Lawrence County

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.


 * Company "A", 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry timeline.


 * The Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion. By Samuel Merrill. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1900.  - images; . Online at: Internet Archive.


 * Narrative of the Service of the Seventh Indiana Infantry in the War for the Union. By Orville Thomson. MD: Butternut and Blue, 1993. (*);.


 * Records of the Seventeenth Regiment Volunteers Indiana, 1861-1865. United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1865). (*).


 * Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Veteran Volunteer Mounted Infantry Roster of Surviving Members and Sketch of History. By W. H. H. Benefiel. Pendleton? Ind: 17th Ind. Regt'l. Association, 1912. (*);.