137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864)

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Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in May 26, 1864. It was in the Railroad Guard in Tennessee and Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, till September, 1864. They mustered out September 21, 1864.

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 Jennings County- see Roster on page 391
 * Company B - many men from Jefferson County- see Roster on page 392
 * Company C - many men from Howard County- see Roster on page 394
 * Company D - many men from Jackson County- see Roster on page 396
 * Company E - many men from Allen, Wells, Hunington, and Clarkcounties - see Roster on page 397
 * Company F- many men from Clark, Jefferson, and Scott counties - see Rosteron page 397
 * Company G - many men from Martin, Sullivan, and Knox counties - see Roster on page 398
 * Company H - many men from Jefferson County- see Roster on page 400
 * Company I - many men from Parke, Jefferson, and Jenningcounties - see Rosteron page 401
 * Company K - many men from Owen, Washington, Orange, and Monroecounties - see Rosteron page 402

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 137th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 29 Jan 2011)

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 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 137th 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


 * Wiley, Harvey W., "Corporal Harvey W. Wiley's Civil War Diary", (ed. William L. Fox, Indiana Magazine of History 51, no. 2 (June 1955): 139-162.) ,1864, Jefferson County, 137th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. I  Abstract and Bibliographic Information   article PDF