81st Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at New Albany, Indiana, and mustered in August 29, 1862. Mustered out June 22, 1865. Recruits transferred to 129th Indiana Infantry. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville till June. Mustered out June 13, 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 County - see Roster on page
 * Company B - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Company C - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Company D - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Company E - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Company F- many men from Country - see Roster on page
 * Company G - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Company H - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Company I - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Company K - many men from County - see Roster on page
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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 * Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company B - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company C - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company D - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company E - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company F- many men from Country - see Roster
 * Company G - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company H - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company I - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company K - many men from County - see Roster
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page

The list of companies and their rosters name, date of commission are on the 81th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry [http://www.geocities.com/~mwoehrle/historycontrol.htm web site. ]

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 81th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 81st 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


 * 81st Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry(accessed 07 Jan 2011) are history, roster, service, staff, &amp; etc..