5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers)

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 22 to October 30, 1862 They expedition from Pulaski to New Market, Alabama, May 5-13, and mustered out June 16, 1865

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


 * 5th Regiment Cavalry at The Civil War Archive.

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.


 * Field & Staff with Officers of Companies Roster at Ranger95.
 * Rosters, organized by Company, including Unassigned at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - many men from Grant, Howard, Huntington, Madison, and Hamilton counties.
 * Company B - many men from Wayne Counties.
 * Company C - many men from Pike, Owen, Henry, Fayette, and Starke counties.
 * Company D - many men from Allen County.
 * Company E - many men from Washington County.
 * Company F - many men from Johnson, Morgan, and Madison counties.
 * Company G - many men from Hancock County.
 * Company H - many men from Decatur and Ripley counties.
 * Company I - men from Porter, Lake and Fulton counties.
 * Company K - men from Pulaski, Cass, Fulton, Jackson, and La Porte counties.
 * Company L - many men from Tippecanoe County.
 * Company M - many men from Clark, Kosciuko, Grant, Marion, and Steuben 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.


 * Association of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry. Report of the Re-Union of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry [Association]. [Indianapolis, Ind.]: The Association, 1883. (*); . Online at: Internet Archive.