148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in February 25, 1865. They mustered out September 5, 1865 at Middle, Tennessee.

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


 * The Civil War Archive section, 148th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 25 May 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 Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Franklin, Rush, Dearborn, Marion, and Wayne counties - see Roster on page 534
 * Company B - many men from Hendricks, Johnson, Rush and Franklin counties - see Roster on page 535
 * Company C - many men from Hancock, Shelby, andMarion, counties - see Roster on page 537
 * Company D - many men from Shelby, Marion, Johnson, and Union counties - see Rosteron page
 * Company E - many men from Morgan, Johnson, Hendricks, and Wayne counties - see Rosteron page 539
 * Company F- many men from Marion,Morgan, Johnson, Tipton, Union and Hendricks counties - see Rosteron page 541
 * Company G - many men from Franklin, Dearborn, Marion, Shelby, Wayne, and Hendricks counties - see Rosteron page 542
 * Company H - many men from Morgan, Marion, Johnson, Fayette, and Shelby counties - see Rosteron page 543
 * Company I - many men from Hendricks, Shelby, Hancock, Wayne, Marion, and Johnson counties - see Rosteron page 545
 * Company K - many men from Jennings, Hendricks, Henry, Union, Johnson, Shelby, and Morgan counties - see Rosteron page 546

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 148th 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) Website with histories of the Indiana Regiments.


 * List of Indiana Civil War regiment (accessed 13 Dec 2010) List of Indiana Regimental that are on Wikipedia.


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