32nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in August 24, 1861. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio, Texas, till December. Mustered out December 4, 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 Staff - see Roster
 * Company A - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 56
 * Company A - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 76
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 58
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 77
 * Company C - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 60
 * Company C - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 79
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 62
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 80
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 64
 * Company F - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 66
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 67
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 69
 * Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 71
 * Company K -no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 73
 * unassiged recuits -Rosteron page 74
 * unassiged recuits - Reorganized Soldier - see Rosteron page 82

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 32th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site.

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Company B-many men from Jackson County

Company E- many men from Vigo County

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) Website with histories of the Indiana Regiments.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 32nd 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


 * HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-SECOND INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT (accessed 7 Apr 2011)


 * German Sons in the Civil War(accessed 7 Apr 2011)

BOOK


 * Peake, M. A., Reichmann, E., Max Kade German-American Center (IUPUI), &amp; Indiana German Heritage Society. (1999). Indiana's German sons: A history of the 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Indianapolis: Max Kade German-American Center, (Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and Indiana German Heritage Society.) FHL Collection. FHL US/CAN 977.2 M2pm  other libraries    GermanSon  (accesed 8 Apr 2011)