6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Regiment organized at Madison, Indiana, and mustered in September 20, 1861. Mustered out September 22, 1864 at expiration of term. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 68th Indiana Infantry.

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 Jefferson County- see Roster
 * Company B - many men from Jennings County- see Roster
 * Company C - many men from Bartholomew County- see Roster
 * Company D - many men from Jefferson County- see Roster
 * Company E - many men from Daviess County- see Roster
 * Company F - many men from Jefferson County- see Roster
 * Company G - many men from Bartholomewand mixture of County - see Roster
 * Company H - many men from Bennington,Switzerland County- see Roster
 * Company I - many men from Jennings County- see Roster
 * Company K - many men from Jeffersonand mixture of County - see Roster
 * unassigned recruits - see Roster

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 6th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEXweb site.

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 28 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 28 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 6th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 28 Dec 2010) article on the 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 28 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana


 * History of the 6th Indiana (accessed 28 Dec 2010) also muster rolls of Company "A"(Jefferson Country) and "H"(Jefferson Country).


 * 6th Regiment Indiana Infantry - Company D (accessed 28 Dec 2010) Roster ( Howard Country) that has been alphabetized for easy reference.
 * Civil War index 6th Indiana Infantry(Reorganized)  (accessed 11 Jan 2011) roster of Officerand soldier