133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864)

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in May 17, 1864. They mustered out September 5, 1864.

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


 * 133rd Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 133rd Indiana Infantry Regiment 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.
 * 133rd Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - men from Wayne County
 * Company B - men from Clay County
 * Companies C, D, E, H - men from Vigo County
 * Company F - men from Putnam County
 * Company G - men from Parke County
 * Company I - men from Vigo, Clark, Greene and Clay Counties
 * Company K - men from Monroe and Clay Counties

Errata Company A need to add John Carl Brown


 * Record #: 293 Unit: Co. A, 133rd Reg Ind Vol Inf Service Type: enlisted End of Service: after 100 days Reason for Discharge: expiration of term Residence: Richmond Additional Notes: resides with James Brown Citation: p. 267, D&SR 1865 ***From CD from NARA (extracted below)
 * COMPANY Muster-in Roll: Enlisted as a private to Capt. Mount's Co. 133 Reg't Ind. Inf, Age 19. Mustered in Indianapolis, Ind May 17, 1864. Join and Enrolled on 27 Apr, 1864 Richmond, [Wayne,] IN. Remarks Wayne Twp, Wayne Co.
 * Co. Muster-out Roll: Indianapolis, Ind Sept 5, 1864, Muster-out to date Sept 5, 1864. Clothing Account: due soldier $4.45; Am't for cloth'g in kind or money adv'd $19.48. Remarks: Stoppage on C &amp; G Equipage .49

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.


 * "Civil War Diary of Jabez T. Cox". Indiana Magazine of History, 28, no. 1 (March 1932): 40-54. 1864, Hamilton County (Bethlehem), 133rd, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. PEF article at IUScholarWorks Journals.