19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in July 29, 1861. They were consolidated with 20th Indiana Infantry October 18, 1864.

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


 * 19th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment at Wikipedia.

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. If you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * 19th Regiment Indiana Infantry Rosters at Ranger95.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - many men from Madison County
 * Company B - many men from Wayne County
 * Company C - many men from Randolph County
 * Company D - many men from Marion County
 * Company E - many men from Delaware County
 * Company F - many men from Marion County
 * Company G - many men from Elkhart County
 * Company H - many men from Bartholomew and Johnson Counties
 * Company I - many men from Owen County
 * Company K - many men from Delaware County

Other Sources

 * Indiana State Digital Archives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name.


 * 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.


 * 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment timeline.


 * The 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (The Iron Brigade).


 * Company "K," 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Civil War Letters


 * "Sergeant Major Blanchard at Gettysburg", Indiana Magazine of History, 34, no. 2 (June 1938): 212-216. By Dudlay, William M. (Brig. Gen.) 1863, 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  PDF article.


 * "'Absent So Long from Those I Love': The Civil War Letters of Joshua Jones", Indiana Magazine of History, 88, no. 3 (September 1992): 205-239. 1862, Delaware County (Muncie), 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E. PDF article.


 * Iron men, iron will: the nineteenth Indiana regiment of the Iron Brigade. By Craig L. Dunn. Indianapolis, IN: Guild Press of Indiana, 1995. ;.


 * Civil War Hawks : story and letters of the Hawk family in the Civil War. By Helen Hawk. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (*).


 * The Elkhart County Guards: Company G, 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. By Eugene D. Watkins. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Richmond, 1999. Online at: University of Richmond.


 * Hoosier's honor roster : the Iron Brigade's 19th Indiana Regiment. By, William Thomas Venner. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania : Burd Street Press, c1998..