51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in December 14, 1861. It had duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till December. They mustered out at San Antonio, Texas December 13, 1865.

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


 * 51st Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 51st 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. Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * 51st Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.
 * Company A - men from Hendricks County
 * Company B - men from Newton, Jefferson, Clinton, and Crawford Counties
 * Company C - men from Hendricks County
 * Company D - men from Howard and Hancock Counties
 * Company E - men from Knox County
 * Company F - men from Shelby County
 * Company G - men from Miami County
 * Company H - men from Knox County
 * Company I - men from Shelby County
 * Company K - men from Sullivan County

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.


 * The Civil War Archive. Histories of the Indiana Regiments.


 * List of Indiana Civil War units on Wikipedia.


 * History of the Fifty-First Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry: a Narrative of Its Organization, Marches, Battles and Other Experiences in Camp and Prison; from 1861 to 1866. By Wm. R. Hartpence. Harrison, Ohio: Hartpence, 1968, and Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993, (*);.


 * The prisoner of war, and how treated (51st Indiana Infantry Regiment). By Alva C. Roach. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993. (*).