134th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864)

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in May 25, 1864. It was Railroad Guard in Tennessee and Alabama, Department of the Cumberiand, till September, 1864. They mustered out September 2, 1864.

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


 * 134th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 134th 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.
 * 134th Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - men from Delaware County
 * Companies B, C, D, E - men from Decatur County
 * Company F - men from Randolph County
 * Company G - men from Delaware County
 * Company H - men from Franklin County
 * Company I - men from Dearborn County
 * Company K - men from Miami, Rush and Hancock 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.