66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at New Albany, Indiana, and mustered in August 19, 1862. At surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 3, 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 - many men from Washington County- see Rosteron page 54
 * Company B - many men from Washington County- see Roster on page 56
 * Company C - many men from Harrison County- see Roster on page 57
 * Company D - many men from Orange County- see Rosteron page 59
 * Company E - many men from Orange County- see Roster on page 60
 * Company F- many men from Washington and Scott Country - see Rosteron page 62
 * Company G - many men from Crawford County- see Roster on page 64
 * Company H - many men from Washington and HarrisonCounty - see Rosteron page 65
 * Company I - many men from Floydand Harrison County - see Rosteron page 67
 * Company K - many men from Scott and WashingtonCounty - see Roster on page 68
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page 70

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

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 * Company A - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company B - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company C - many men from County - Roster
 * Company D - many men from County and  County - see Roster
 * Company E - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company F - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company G - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company H - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company I - many men from County - see Roster
 * Company K - many men from mixture of County (country is given) - see Roster

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) Brief history of the 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 66th 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