60th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Evansville and Indianapolis, Indiana, February 19 to March 21, 1862. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 26th Indiana Infantry February 24. Regiment mustered out March 11, 1865.

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 - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 02
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 04
 * Company C -no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 05
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 07
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 08
 * Company F- no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 10
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 11
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 13
 * Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 14
 * Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 16
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Rosteron page 17

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 60th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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 * Company B - many men from Gibson County

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil Warcan be searched by soldier's name (accessed 16 Aug 2011)


 * 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 60th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 60th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


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