16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, May 27 to August 19, 1862. Mustered in August 19, 1862. Mustered out June 30, 1865 at Kentucky. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 13th Indiana Cavalry.

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 Staff - see Roster
 * Reorganized Officer - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 308
 * Company A - Reorganized Soldier of Fayette County - see Roster on page 323
 * Company B - many men from Wayne County - see Rosteron page 310
 * Company B - Reorganized Soldier of Washington County - seeRosteron page 325
 * Company C - many men from Floyd County - see Rosteron page 311
 * Company C - Reorganized Soldier of Rush County - see Roster on page 327
 * Company D - many men from Ripley County - see Rosteron page 312
 * Company D - Reorganized Soldier of Lawrence County - see Rosteron page 328
 * Company E - many men from Fayette County - see Rosteron page 314
 * Company E - Reorganized Soldier of Dearborn County - see Roster on page 330
 * Company F - many men from Rush County - see Rosteron page 315
 * Company F - Reorganized Soldier of Miami, Hamilton, Marion, Putnam, and Wabash counties - see Roster on page 332
 * Company G - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster on page 316
 * Company G - Reorganized Soldier of Rush County - see Rosteron page 334
 * Company H - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 318
 * Company H - Reorganized Soldier of Rush County - see Roster on page 336
 * Company I - many men from Dearborn County - see Rosteron page 319
 * Company I - Reorganized Soldier of Miami, Hamilton, Marion, Putnam, Vigo, and Wabash counties - see Roster on page 337
 * Company K - many men from Putnam County - see Roster on page 320
 * Company K - Reorganized Soldier of Madison, Sullivan, Boone, Dearborn, Wells, Hamilton,Marion, Henry, and Wabash counties - see Roster on page 339
 * undefinedunassiged recuits - Roster on page 322
 * unassiged recuits - Reorganized Soldier - see Roster341

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 16th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site.

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 * Reorganized Company A, K - many men from Madison County
 * Companies B, C, and D - many men from Posey Country

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 16th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia(accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on 16th 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.


 * 16th Indiana Infantry Regiment (accessrd 30 Dec 2010) timeline


 * Jordan, William H. (Lt.), et al. "The 16th Indiana Regiment in the Last Vicksburg Campaign" (ed. Willie D. Halsell, Indiana Magazine of History 43, no. 1 (March 1947): 67-82.) 1863-1864, Dearborn County (Manchester), 16th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF (accessed 07 Apr 2011)