11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 31, 1861. Duty at Fort Marshall, Baltimore, Maryland, January 7 to July 26, 1865. They mustered out July 26, 1865.

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


 * The Civil War Archive section,11th Regiment Infantry "Wallace's Zouaves" (3 Years), (accessed 27 May 2012.
 * The Wikipedia article, 11th Regiment Indiana Infantry, (accessed 20 June 2012)

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 Staff - see Roster
 * Reorganized Officer - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Marion County - see Roster on page 62
 * Company A - Reorganized Soldier of Marion County - see Roster on page 173
 * Company B - many men from Marion County - see Rosteron page 63
 * Company B - Reorganized Soldier of Marion County - see Roster on page 176
 * Company C - many men from Virgo County - see Roster on page 64
 * Company C - Reorganized Soldier of Virgo County - see Roster on page 178
 * Company D - many men from Virgo County - see Roster on page 65
 * Company D - Reorganized Soldier of Virgo County - see Rosteron page 181
 * Company E - many men from Marion County - see Roster on page 66
 * Company E - Reorganized Soldier of Marion County - see Rosteron page 183
 * Company F - many men from Tippecanoe County - see Roster on page 67
 * Company F - Reorganized Soldier of Tipton, Sullivan, Bartholomew, Marion, Putnam, Greene, and Tippecanoe counties - see Roster on page 186
 * Company G - many men from Montgomery County - see Roster on page
 * Company G - Reorganized Soldier of Montgomery County - see Rosteron page 189
 * Company H - many men from Martin County - see Roster on page 70
 * Company H - Reorganized Soldier of Marion, Montgomery, Owen, Morgan,Allen, Madison, Clay, Johnson, and Putnam counties - see Rosteron page 191
 * Company I - many men from Montgomery County - see Roster on page 71
 * Company I - Reorganized Soldier of Montgomery, Johnson, Marion, Fayette, Shelby, and Wayne counties - see Roster on page 194
 * Company K - many men from Marion County - see Rosteron page 72
 * Company K - Reorganized of Dearborn, Putnam, Fayette, Henry, Marion, Gibson, Vigo, Morgan, Boone, and Montgomery counties - see Roster on page 196
 * unassiged recuits - Rosteron page 199

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 11th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site.

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 * Company D - many men from Madison 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 11th Regiments,


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 11th 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


 * 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry "Zouaves" (accessed 01 Jan 2011) 11th Indiana Civil War Reenatment Unit

Book


 * Eleventh Indiana Infantry Association.Annual Report of the Eleventh Indiana Infantry Association. (Indianapolis: Journal Co, 1800.) FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084371 (1 fiche)  other library


 * Otto, John. History of the 11th Indiana Battery, Connected with an Outline History of the Army of the Cumberland, During the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. (Fort Wayne, Ind: W.D. Page, 1894.) FHL US/CAN Film 1550169   other libraies  Internet Achive