40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Lafayette and Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in December 30, 1861. It had duty at Green Lake and San Antonio, Texas and at Port Lavacca till December. They mustered out December 21, 1865.

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


 * 40th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 40th Regiment Indiana Infantry at Wikipedia.

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.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * 40th Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.
 * Company A - many men from Tippecanoe County
 * Company B - many men from Miami County
 * Company C - many men from Tippecanoe, Vigo, Montgomery, and Clinton counties
 * Company D - many men from Tippecanoe County
 * Company E - many men from Fountain, Clinton, and Benton counties
 * Company F - many men from Boone County
 * Company G - many men from Tippecanoe, Batholomew, and Marion counties
 * Company H - many men from Tippecanoe, Montgomery, and Hendricks counties
 * Company I - many men from Fountain, Warren, and Tippecanoe counties
 * Company K - many men from Boone and Tippecanoe counties


 * Companies C, E, G, H, and I - men from Montgomery County. "Montgomery County In The War Of The Rebellion" in History of Fountain County, together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley. By H. W. Beckwith, P. S. Kennedy, and Thomas Fleming Davidson. Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1970. Second book, pages 66-70.  ; . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.

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.


 * 40th Indiana Infantry includes photos, rosters of company A-K (city given with mixture of county), and history.