47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Anderson and Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2 to December 13, 1861. Shreveport, Louisiana, and duty there till October. Mustered out October 23, 1865, and discharged at Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2, 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 - many men from Wells County - see Roster on page 429
 * Company B - many men from Wabash County - see Roster on page 431
 * Company C - many men from Adam County - see Roster on page 433
 * Company D - many men from Wabash County - see Roster on page 435
 * Company E - many men from Allen and Huntington Counties - see Roster on page 437
 * Company F- many men from Orange County - see Rosteron page 439
 * Company G - many men from Madison, Marion, and Huntington Counties - see Rosteron page 441
 * Company H - many men from Wells and Huntington Counties - see Roster on page 443
 * Company I - many men from Wabash County - see Rosteron page 444
 * Company K - many men from Pike and Tipton Counties - see Roster on page 446
 * Unassigned Recruits - seeRoster on page 448

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 47th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)


 * Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Wells County (city is given) - see Roster
 * Company B - many men from Wabash County (city is given) - see Roster
 * Company E - no cities or counties given (name only) - see Roster
 * Company H - many men from Wells/Huntington County - see Roster

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry [http://home.comcast.net/~klindsey/47thindiana.htm web site. ] (accessed 10 Jan 2011)

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) Brief history of the Indiana Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 47th 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


 * 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Rosters and record of events.


 * Bert, Henry Lawson, "Letters of a Drummer Boy", ( Indiana Magazine of History 34, no. 3 (September 1938): 324-339.) 1864-1865, Tipton County (Tipton), 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. A, Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF   (accessed 4 Apr 2011)