143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in February 21, 1865. They mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, October 17, 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 Vanderburgh County - see Roster on page 459
 * Company B - many men from Knox County - see Roster on page 460
 * Company C - many men from Knox County - see Roster on page 462
 * Company D - many men from Warrick County - see Rosteron page 463
 * Company E - many men from Dubois County - see Roster on page 465
 * Company F- many men from Warrick and Vanderburgh counties - see Rosteron page 466
 * Company G - many men from Gibson County - see Roster on page 467
 * Company H - many men from Gibson County - see Rosteron page 469
 * Company I - many men from Gibson and Pike counties - see Rosteron page 470
 * Company K - many men from Martin and Daviess counties - see Roster on page 471
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Rosteron page

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 143th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 29 Jan 2011)

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 * Companies A-6 men, D-77men, F-42 men, G-8 men, H-3 men, I-8 men, and K-7 men from Warrick County

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil Warcan 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 143rd Indiana Regiments.


 * Wikipedia.(accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 143rd Regiment, Infantry.


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