1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery

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Brief History
The 1st Regiment was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 24, 1861. It mustered out August 22, 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama.

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 with Staff - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from La Grange, Elkhart, Clay, Perry, Steuben, and Miami Counties - see Roster on page 447
 * Company B - many men from Owen, Hendricks, La Porte, Marion, and Morgan Counties - see Rosteron page 451
 * Company C - many men from Greene, Floyd, Vigo, and Owen Counties - see Roster on page 454
 * Company D - many men from Sullivan, and Boone Counties - see Roster on page 457
 * Company E - many men from Putnam, Parke, and ClayCounties - see Rosteron page 460
 * Company F - many men from Martin County- see Roster on page 463
 * Company G - many men from Krox County- see Roster on page 465
 * Company H - many men from Parke, Montgomery, Jay, and VermillionCounties - see Rosteron page 469
 * Company I - many men from Clay County- see Rosteron page 472
 * Company K - many men from Clay, Parke, Howard, and SullivanCounties - see Rosteron page 475
 * Company L - many men from Marion, Howard, Sullivan, Shelby, Johnson, Parke, Tipson, Jefferson, and Morgan Counties - see Rosteron page 478
 * Company M - many men from Marion, Shelby, Johnson, Rush, Henry, Huntington, Ohio, and Knox Counties - see Rosteron page 480
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Roster on page 483

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 21th Indiana Infantry/ 1st Indiana Heavy Artilley on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 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 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 1st  Regiments Indiana Heavy Artillery.


 * Wikipedia(accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery.


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana


 * Company B, Twenty-First Indiana/ First Heavy Artillery(accessed 08 Dec 2010) Small history and roster of First Heavy Artillery