49th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Jeffersonville, Indiana, and mustered in November 21, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, September 7, and there mustered out September 13, 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 471
 * Company B - many men from Clark County - see Roster on page 473
 * Company C - many men from Clark, Floyd, Harrison, and Lawence counties - see Rosteron page 475
 * Company D - many men from Clark County - see Rosteron page 477
 * Company E - many men from Perry County - see Roster on page 479
 * Company F- many men from Crawford County - see Roster on page 481
 * Company G -many men from Orange County - see Rosteron page 482
 * Company H - many men from Crawford County - see Roster on page 484
 * Company I - many men from Elkhart Country - see Roster on page 485
 * Company K - men from different counties - see Roster on page 487
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Rosteron page 488

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 49th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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 * Company I - many men from Dubois County

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) Website with histories of the Indiana Regiments.


 * List of Indiana Civil War regiment (accessed 13 Dec 2010) List of Indiana Regimental that are on Wikipedia.


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


 * 49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. F, We are a Civil War Reenactment unit based out of Central Indiana, though we have members from all across the state.


 * Regimental Association of the 49th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. (1892). Regimental Association of the 49th Regiment, Indiana Vol. Infantry: Issued to the survivors and widows and orphans of our dead comrades. Louisville, Ky: Brewer's Print. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084397 (1 fiche)