59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Gosport and Indianapolis, Ind., February 11, 1862. It was at Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865.

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


 * The Civil War Archive section, 59th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 10 May 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 59th Regiment Indiana Infantry, (accessed 21 June 2012).

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 Owen County - see Rosteron page 673
 * Company B - men from Owen, Hendricks, and Morgan counties - see Rosteron page 675
 * Company C - many men from Sullivan County - see Rosteron page 677
 * Company D - little amount of cities or no counties given - see Rosteron page 680
 * Company E - many men from Greene and Decatur counties - see Rosteron page 681
 * Company F- many men from Orange and Crawford counties - see Roster on page 684
 * Company G - men from Putnam, Clay, Morgan, and Vigo counties - see Rosteron page 686
 * Company H - little amount of cities or no counties given - see Rosteron page 688
 * Company I - little amount of cities or no counties given - see Rosteron page 689
 * Company K - many men from Harrison County - see Rosteron page 691

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 59th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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Companies A, D, and E - many men from Greene County

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * 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.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 59th Regiment, Indiana.


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


 * Matthews, James Louis (Sgt.), "Civil War Diary of Sergeant James Louis Matthews", (Indiana Magazine of History 24, no. 4 (December 1928): 306-316.), 1864-1865 ,Warrick County (Newburgh), 59th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E  Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF