42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Evansville, Indiana, and mustered in October 9, 1861. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June and there mustered out July 21, 1865

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


 * The Civil War Archive section, 42nd Regiment Infantry, (accessed 9 May 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 42nd Regiment Indiana Infantry, (accessed 21 June 2012).

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 Vanderburg County - see Rosteron page 303
 * Company B - many men from Spencer County - see Roster on page 306
 * Company C - many men from Spencer County - see Rosteron page 309
 * Company D - very small amount of cities and no counties given - see Roster on page 311
 * Company E - many men from Gibson County - see Rosteron page 314
 * Company F- many men from Gibson County - see Roster on page 316
 * Company G - many men from Daviess County - see Roster on page 319
 * Company H - very small amount of cities and no counties given - see Roster on page 321
 * Company I - many men from Pike County - see Roster on page 324
 * Company K - many men from Warrick County - see Rosteron page 326
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Rosteron page 329

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 42th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)


 * Company A - many men from Vanderburg County - see Roster
 * Company B - many men from Spencer County - see Roster
 * Company C - many men from Spencer County - see Roster
 * Company D - many men from Warrick, Spencer, Vanderburg, Daviess counties - see Roster
 * Company E - many men from Gibson County - see Roster
 * Company F - many men from Gibson County - see Roster
 * Company G - many men from Daviess County - see Roster
 * Company H - many men from Spencer County - see Roster
 * Company I - many men from Pike County - see Roster
 * Company K - many men from Warrick County - see Roster
 * Unassigned Recruits -seeRoster

The list of company with their counties and their rosters are onThe 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantryweb site.

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 * Company B, and H - many men from Dubois County

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil Warcan be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)


 * 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.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 42th 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


 * 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry (accessed 8 Dec 2010) Information on the Original 42nd Indiana.


 * The 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry (accessed 08 Dec 2010) Roster(name, rank, residence, date of muster, remark); History, Biographies, Cemetery, etc., of the 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry.


 * Organization of the 42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment (accessed 08 Dec 2010) List the Company and what country they composed from.

BOOK


 * Horrall, Spillard F, History of the Forty-Second Indiana Volunteer Infantry (Microfilm of original published: Chicago : Donohue &amp; Henneberry, 1892. x, 283 p.) FS Library US/CAN Film 1435490 Item 2     other libraries  Google books   Internet Achive