9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Laporte, Indiana, September 5, 1861. They mustered out September 28, 1865.

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


 * 9th Regiment Infantry (3 Years) at The Civil War Archive.
 * 9th 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. Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Field & Staff with Officers of Companies Rosters at Ranger95.
 * NCO Staff & Band Rosters at Ranger95.
 * Companies A-K and Unassigned Rosters at Ranger95.
 * Companies A-K Rosters at INGenWeb - alphabetized lists.
 * Company A - many men from Carroll County
 * Company A - Reorganized Soldier of Carroll County
 * Company B - many men from La Porte County and Porter County; reorganized soldiers of La Porte, Porter, White, Perry, Riplet, Morgan and other counties
 * Company C - many men from Elkhart County; reorganized soldiers of Elkhart, Randolph, and Hancock counties
 * Company D - many men fromDelaware County; reorganized soldiers of Marshall, Pulaski, Shelby, and Tippecanoe counties
 * Company E - many men from Allen County; reorganized soldiers of Lake, Porter, Fayette, and Steuben counties
 * Company F - many men from La Porte County; reorganized soldiers of La Porte and Elkhart counties
 * Company G - many men from Jasper County; reorganized soldiers of Jasper, Fulton, DeKalb, Newton, Tippecanoe, and La Porte counties
 * Company H - many men from Porter County; reorganized soldiers of Porter, La Porte, and Lake counties
 * Company I and reorganized unit - many men from St. Joseph County
 * Company K and reorganized unit - many men from Cass County


 * Company B - Reorganized Soldiers of Fountain County. History of Fountain County. By H. W. Beckwith, P. S. Kennedy, and Thomas Fleming Davidson. Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1970. Volume 2, page 49, Regiment, Companies, Roll of Officers and then Enlisted Men. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive..
 * Company H, and K - many men from Randolph County. "Military", Chapter 20, History of Randolph County, Indiana: with illustrations and biographical sketches. By E. Tucker. Chicago: A.L. Klingman, 1882. Pages 238-296, Regiment, Company, some Names. (*); . Online at: Internet Archive.

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.


 * Company "I", Ninth regiment, Indiana infantry volunteers (three year) was principally made up of men from St. Joseph County. A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana. By Timothy Edward Howard. Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. Page 718 lists persons from St. Joseph County. ; . Online at: Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library.