43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Terre Haute, Indiana, and mustered in September 27, 1861. Reassigned to guard duty at Camp Morton guarding Confederate prisoners till June, 1865. Mustered out June 14, 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 Clay County - see Roster on page 330
 * Company B - many men from Putnam County - see Roster on page 333
 * Company C - many men from Greene County - see Roster on page 336
 * Company D - many men from Vigo County - see Rosteron page 338
 * Company E - many men from Sullivan County - see Roster on page 341
 * Company F- many men from Lawrence Country - see Rosteron page 343
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 346
 * Company H - many men from Putnam County - see Rosteron page 349
 * Company I - many men from Vermillion County - see Rosteron page 351
 * Company K - many men from Parke County - see Roster on page 353
 * Unassigned Recrits - see Rosteron page 356

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 43th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief histories of the 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia(accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 43th 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


 * Company 43 Indiana Voluntry Infantry(accessed 04 Jan 2011) of Greene Country, Indiana


 * Little, Horace B., "Reminiscences of the Civil War: Escape from Fort Tyler Prison" (Indiana Magazine of History 13, no. 1 (March 1917): 42-50.) ,Home: Hendricks County (Danville) 1865, Jefferson County (Danville), 43rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. K  Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF

BOOK


 * McLean, William Edward. The Forty-Third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers: An Historic Sketch of Its Career and Services. (Terre Haute, Ind: C.W. Brown, 1903.)FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084392 (2 fiche)  other library  Allen Library