4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in August 22, 1862. They had duty at Macon till May and at Nashville and Edgefield, Tennessee, till June. They mustered out June 29, 1865.

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


 * 4th Regiment Cavalry at The Civil War Archive.

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.


 * Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - Roster
 * Company A - many men from Hendricks and Marion counties - Roster, page 245
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - Roster, page 246
 * Company C - many men from Kosciusko County - Roster, page 248
 * Company D - many men from Clark and Floyd counties - Roster, page 250
 * Company E - many men from La Porte County - Roster, page 252
 * Company F- many men from Pike, Gibson, and Vanderburg counties - Roster, page 254
 * Company G - many men from Lawrence County - Roster, page 256
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - Roster, page 257
 * Company I - many men from Warrick, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Morgan, and Boone counties - Roster, page 259
 * Company K - many men from Parke County - Roster, page 261
 * Unassigned Recruits - Roster, page 263


 * Company B - many men from Dearborn County. "Civil War", Chapter 13, History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement. Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, 1986. Page 203-225. ; Online at: Internet Archive
 * Company B - 42 private, 2 officers from Franklin County. "Civil War", in "Military History of Franklin County", Chapter 12, History of Franklin County, Indiana; Her People, Industries and Institutions. By August J. Reifel. Indianapolis, Ind: B.F. Bowen, 1915. Page 300, Regiment, Companies, some Names. ; Online at: Internet Archive

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.


 * Fogle, James S. Civil War letters of James Fogle and Solomon Glick : transcript. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987.