85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Terre Haute, Indiana, September 2, 1862. It went to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 andGrand Review May 24. They mustered out June 12, 1865.

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


 * 85th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 85th 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.
 * 85th Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - men from Parke County
 * Company B - men from Parke County
 * Company C - men from Vigo County
 * Company D - men from Vermillion and Ripley Counties
 * Company E - men from Vigo County
 * Company F - men from Vigo and Bartholomew Counties
 * Company G - men from Vigo County
 * Company H - men from Sullivan County
 * Company I - men from Clay County
 * Company K - men from Greene, Owen, Clay and Boone Counties

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.


 * History of the Eighty-Fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry: Its Organization, Campaigns and Battles. By Jefferson E. Brant. Salem, MA: Higginson, 1998. (*); ; Online at:  FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.


 * Coburn's Brigade : 85th Indiana, 33rd Indiana, 19th Michigan, and 22nd Wisconsin in the western Civil War. By Frank J. Welcher and Larry G. Ligget. Carmel, Indiana : Guild Press of Indiana, c1999. (off-site storage).