20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Lafayette, Indiana, and mustered in July 22, 1861. They were ordered back and mustered out July 12,1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.

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


 * 20th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 20th Regiment Indiana Infantry 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.


 * Rosters at Ranger95.
 * Rosters of Reorganized Unit at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - many men from Miami County; reorganized soldiers of Randolph County
 * Company B - many men from Lake County; reorganized soldiers from Vigo County
 * Company C - many men from Marshall County; reorganized soldiers of Noble, Tippecanoe, Boone, Greene, Fayette, and Ohio Counties
 * Company D - many men from Fountains County; reorganized soldiers of Carroll, Marshall, Porter, Lake, and Jefferson Counties
 * Company E - many men from La Porte County; reorganized soldiers of Hancock, Decatur, Delaware, and Randolph Counties
 * Company F - many men from Cass County; reorganized soldiers of Cass, Marion, Tippecanoe, Jefferson, and Porter Counties
 * Company G - many men from Tippecanoe County; reorganized soldiers of Johnson, Decatur, Ripley and Howard Counties
 * Company H - many men from Marion County; reorganized soldiers of Wabash, Miami, Marion, Vigo, and Greene
 * Company I - many men from Porter County; reorganized soldiers of Marion, Wayne, Madison, and Johnson Counties
 * Company K - many men from White County; reorganized soldiers of Fountain, White, Tippecanoe, and Lake Counties

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.


 * 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment timeline.


 * 20th Indiana Infantry Monument


 * From Vicksburg to Raleigh ; Or, a Complete History of the Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry and the Campaigns of Grant and Sherman with an Outline of the Great Rebellion. By M. D. Gage. Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Company, 1998. (*); . Online at: Internet Archive.