53rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at New Albany and Indianapolis, Indiana, February 19 to March 6, 1862. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 21, 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 - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 563
 * Company B - many men from Harrison County - see Rosteron page 565
 * Company C - men from Madison, and Spencer Counties - see Rosteron page 568
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 570
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 573
 * Company F- many men from Harrison Country - see Rosteron page 576
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 578
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 581
 * Company I - many men from Warrick County - see Rosteron page 584
 * Company K - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 586
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Roster on page 588

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 53th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX [http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/53rd_in_infantry.html web site. ] (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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 * Company A- many men from Hancock County
 * Company D - many men from Clark County
 * Company K - 3/4 men was from Orange County

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 53rd Regiments, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 53rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, and states Alabama;to Indiana.


 * Company "B", 53th Regiment, Indiana Infantry(accessed 05 Jan 2011) was of Clark Country, Indiana.

BOOK


 * Haas, Garland A. 1997. To the mountain of fire and beyond: the Fifty-Third Indiana Regiment from Corinth to glory. (Carmel, Ind: Guild Press of Indiana.) 977.23 M2h FHL US/CAN Book     other libraries