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

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

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 Wayne County - see Roster on page 338
 * Company B - many men from Clay County - see Rosteron page 339
 * Company C - many men from Vigo County - see Roster on page 341
 * Company D - many men from Vigo County - see Rosteron page 342
 * Company E - many men from Vigo County - see Rosteron page 343
 * Company F- many men from Putnam County - see Rosteron page 345
 * Company G - many men from Parke County - see Roster on page 346
 * Company H - many men from Vigo County - see Roster on page 347
 * Company I - many men from Vigo, Clark, Greene, and Clay counties - see Roster on page 349
 * Company K - many men from Monroe, and Clay counties - see Rosteron page 350
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Rosteron page

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 133th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 30 Jan 2011)

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&amp;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
WEBSITES


 * Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil Warcan be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)


 * 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 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 133rd 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


 * Cox, Jabez T., "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 Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF  (accessed 7 Arp 2011)