70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 22 to August 8, 1862. Ordered to march to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19, 1865. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 8, 1865. Recruits transferred to 33rd Indiana Infantry.

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 Marion County - see Roster on page 118
 * Company B - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 120
 * Company C - many men from Hendricks County- see Rosteron page 122
 * Company D - many men from Morgan County - see Rosteron page 124
 * Company E - many men from Marion County - see Rosteron page 126
 * Company F- many men from Shelby County - see Rosteron page 127
 * Company G - many men from Marion County- see Rosteron page 129
 * Company H - many men from Morgan County - see Rosteron page 132
 * Company I - many men from Daviess, Morgan and Johnson counties - see Rosteron page 133
 * Company K - many men from Marion, Hendricks, Johnson, and Knox counties - see Rosteron page 135
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page 137

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 70th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 24 Jan 2011)

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 * Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer - see Roster
 * Company A - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company C - no cities or counties given - seeRoster
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company F - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster
 * Index by Name - see Roster

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 70th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry web site.

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 70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 70th 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


 * 70th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers(accessed 06 Dec 2011) with history, photos, roter, and etc.


 * Benjamin Harrison, (accessed 6 Apr 2011) brigadier general before president creating the 70th Indiana Regiment.


 * Cox, Charles Harding (1st Lt.), "'Gone for a Soldier': The Civil War Letters of Charles Harding Cox" [1 of 2] 1862-1863, (ed. Lorna Lutes Sylvester, Indiana Magazine of History 68, no. 1 (March 1972): 24-78.) Marion County (Indianapolis) ,70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E Abstract and Bibliographic Information article PDF (accessed 6 Apr 2011)


 * Cox, Charles Harding (1st Lt.), "'Gone for a Soldier': The Civil War Letters of Charles Harding Cox" [2 of 2]1864-1865, (ed. Lorna Lutes Sylvester,Indiana Magazine of History 68, no. 3 (September 1972): 181-239.)Marion County (Indianapolis), 70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E Abstract and Bibliographic Information article PDF(accessed 6 Apr 2011)


 * Calvin M. Ward, Private, Company D, 70th Indiana Volunteer Regiment Abstract and Bibliographic Information  (accessed 6 Apr 2011)


 * 70TH INDIANA INFANTRY REGIMENT (acceesses 4 Apr 2011) RECORDS, 1862, 1923

BOOK


 * Merrill, Samuel. The Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion. (Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900). INTERNET ARCHIVE Google Book    other library