18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 16, 1861. Provost duty in Southern Georgia till August. Mustered out August 28, 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 with Staff - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster on page 372
 * Company B - many men from Lawrence County - see Roster on page 374
 * Company C - many men from Vermillion County - see Rosteron page 376
 * Company D - many men from Switzerland County - see Roster on page 377
 * Company E - many men from Martin County - see Roster on page 379
 * Company F - many men from Franklin and Lawrence counties - see Rosteron page 380
 * Company G - many men from Washington County - see Roster on page 382
 * Company H - many men from Monroe,Owen, and Hamilton counties - see Roster on page 384
 * Company I - many men from Johnson County - see Rosteron page 385
 * Company K - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 387
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Roster on page 389

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 18th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 18 Jan 2011)

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil Warcan be searched by soldier's name (accessed 16 Aug 2011)


 * 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 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wilipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) articile on the 18th 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.


 * 18th Indiana Infantry Regiment(accessed 30 Dec 2010) timeline


 * 18th Indiana Infantry Regiment, (accessed 1 May 2011) Brief History


 * Morrison, Theophilus Wiley, "Recollections of Salem", (Indiana Magazine of History 29, no. 3 (September 1933): 248-253.)  1861, Washington County (Salem), 18th Indiana, Volunteer Infantry, Co. G   Abstract and Bibliographic Information   article PDF


 * 18th Indiana Infantry Regiment, (accessed 1 Jun 2011) personal histories