120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Columbus, Indiana, December, 1863, to March, 1864. It was at Charlotte and Greensboro, North Carolina, till August 21, and at Raleigh till January, 1866. They mustered out January 8, 1866.

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


 * 120th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 120th 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.
 * 120th Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - men from Bartholomew and Jennings Counties
 * Companies B, C - men from Montgomery County
 * Company D - men from Warrick and Gibson Counties
 * Company E - men from Warrick County
 * Company F - men from Knox, Gibson, Spencer, Pulaski and Vanderburgh Counties
 * Company G - men from Knox, Martin, Gibson and Sullivan Counties
 * Company H - men from Jennings, Lawrence and Jackson Counties
 * Companies I, K - men from Brown and Lawrence Counties

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.


 * "Civil War Diary of William C. Benson", Indiana Magazine of History, 23, no. 3 (September 1927): 333-364.  1864-1865, Gibson County (Princeton), 120th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. D. PDF article at UIScholarWorks Journals.


 * "Civil War Letters of David Mitchell Hudson", Ed. Roy Hudson, Indiana Magazine of History, 47, no. 2 (June 1951): 191-208. 1864, Jennings County, 120th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. K. PDF article at IUScholarWorks Journals.