101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
This Unit was organized at Wabash, Indiana, and mustered in September 7, 1862. It march to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky, and there mustered out June 24, 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 Hamilton and Boone counties - see Roster on page 563
 * Company B - many men from Wells County - see Roster on page 564
 * Company C - many men from Tipton County - see Rosteron page 566
 * Company D - many men from Madison and Hamilton counties - see Roster on page 568
 * Company E - many men from Madison, Grant, and Delaware counties - see Roster on page 569
 * Company F- many men from Grant and Wabash counties - see Roster on page 571
 * Company G - many men from Wells County - see Roster on page 572
 * Company H - many men from Grant County - see Roster on page 573
 * Company I - many men from Grant County - see Rosteron page 575
 * Company K - many men from Huntington and Wabash counties - see Rosteron page 576
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page 578

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 101th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 28 Jan 2011)

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 * Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Hamilton County - see Roster
 * Company B - many men from Wells County - see Roster
 * Company C - many men from Tipton County - see Roster
 * Company D - many men from Madison and Hamilton counties - see Roster
 * Company E - many men from Madison, Grant, and Delaware counties - see Roster
 * Company F - many men from Grant and Wabash counties - see Roster
 * Company G - many men from Wells County - see Roster
 * Company H - many men from Grant County - see Roster
 * Company I - many men from Grant County - see Roster
 * Company K - many men from Huntington and Wabash counties - see Roster
 * Index by Name - see Roster

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 101st Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry [http://101stindiana.tripod.com/index.html web site. ]

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * 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 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipendia(accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 101st 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


 * 101st Reg't Indiana Volunteers(accessed 07 Jan 2011) A-K Company Muster, links, photo, history, battle flags and etc..