7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in September 13, 1861. The Non-Veterans mustered out September 20, 1864. The Veterans and Recruits transferred to 19th Indiana Infantry September 23, 1864.

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


 * The Civil War Archive section, 7th Regiment Infantry (3 Years), (accessed 27 May 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 Staff - see Roster
 * Reorganized Officer - see Roster


 * Company A - many men from Hendricks County - see Rosteron page 14
 * Company A - Reorganized Soldier of Dearborn County - see Rosteron page 91
 * Company B - many men from Decatur County - see Roster on page 15
 * Company B - Reorganized Soldier of Hendicks Country - see Roster on page 93
 * Company C - many men from Shelby County - see Roster on page 16
 * Company C - Reorganized Soldier of Ohio County - see Roster on page 95
 * Company D - many men from Dearborn County - see Rosteron page 17
 * Company D - Reorganized Soldier of Decatur County - see Roster on page 96
 * Company E - many men from Dearborn County - see Roster on page 19
 * Company E - Reorganized Soldier of Decatur County - see Roster on page 98
 * Company F - many men from Decatur County - see Roster on page 20
 * Company F - Reorganized Soldier of Johnson County - see Rosteron page 100
 * Company G - many men from Dearborn County - see Rosteron page 21
 * Company G - Reorganized Soldier of Decatur County - see Rosteron page 102
 * Company H - many men from Johnson County - see Rosteron page 22
 * Company H - Reorganized Soldier of Hendricks County - see Roster on page 104
 * Company I - many men from Ohio County - see Roster on page 23
 * Company I - Reorganized Soldier of Marion County - see Rosteron page 105
 * Company K - many men from Morgan County - see Roster on page 24
 * Company K - Reorganized Soldier of Dearborn County - see Rosteron page 107
 * unassigned recruits - Reorganized Soldier - see Roster on page 107

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 6th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site.

Other Sources

 * 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.


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


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 30 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 7th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.


 * 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment, History of the 7th Regiment


 * Wikipedia (accessed 30 Dec 2010) article on the 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 30 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana.


 * 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment (accessed 30 Dec 2010) timeline


 * Fogle, James S. Civil War letters of James Fogle and Solomon Glick : transcript . (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987),


 * Hadley, John V. (1st Lt.), An Indiana Soldier in Love and War: The Civil War Letters of John V. Hadley 1( ed. James I. Robinson, Jr., Indiana Magazine of History 59, no. 3 (September 1963): 189-288.)861-1865, Hendricks County (Plainfield), 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. B Abstract and Bibliographic Information  and Seven months a prisoner. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993)  and Seven months a prisoner, or thirty-six days in the woods. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993),


 * Morgan, Otho H., and E. R. Murphy. History of the 7th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery; War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865. Bedford, Ind: Press of the Democrat, 1898. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084345 (1 fiche)  other libraries


 * Kemper, G. W. H. The Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers Three Months Enlistment.( Muncie, Ind: R.W. Cowan Print. Co, 1903.) FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084365 (1 fiche)  other libraries


 * Merrill, Samuel. The Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion. (Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900) FHL US/CAN Film 1550180  other libraries  Goolge books


 * Narrative of the service of the Seventh Indiana Infantry in the war for the Union. (1800. [United States]: Published by the author.) 977.2 M2th FHL US/CAN Book      other libraries