152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in March 16, 1865. Mustered out August 30, 1865 in West Virginia.

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 Elkhart and Kosciusko counties - see Roster on page 593
 * Company B - many men from Noble, Kosciusko, and Allen counties - see Rosteron page 594
 * Company C - many men from Noble, Whitley counties - see Roster on page 596
 * Company D - many men from Kosciusko, and Union counties - see Roster on page 597
 * Company E - many men from Elkhart, Clay, andNoble counties - see Roster on page 599
 * Company F- many men from Noble, and La Grange counties - see Rosteron page 600
 * Company G - many men from Allen and Wayne counties - see Rosteron page 602
 * Company H - many men from Allen, and Dekalk counties- see Rosteron page 603
 * Company I - many men from Fayette and Whitley counties - see Roster on page 604
 * Company K - many men from Noble, Pike, Vermillion, and Steuben counties - see Roster on page 605
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Rosteron page 607

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 152th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 29 Jan 2011)

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 152nd Regiments, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 152nd 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


 * 152nd Indiana Infantry Regiment(accessed 30 Dec 2010) timeline