137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864)

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in May 26, 1864. It was in the Railroad Guard in Tennessee and Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, till September, 1864. They mustered out September 21, 1864.

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


 * 137th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 137th 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.
 * 137th Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - men from Jennings County
 * Company B - men from Jefferson County
 * Company C - men from Howard County
 * Company D - men from Jackson County
 * Company E - men from Allen, Wells, Huntington and Clark Counties
 * Company F - men from Clark, Jefferson and Scott Counties
 * Company G - men from Martin, Sullivan and Knox Counties
 * Company H - men from Jefferson County
 * Company I - men from Parke, Jefferson and Jennings Counties
 * Company K - men from Owen, Washington, Orange and Monroe 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.


 * "Corporal Harvey W. Wiley's Civil War Diary". Eed. William L. Fox, Indiana Magazine of History 51, no. 2 (June 1955): 139-162, 1864, Jefferson County, 137th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. I. PDF article at IUScholarWorks Journals.