6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 23, 1863, from the 71st Indiana Infantry. Company "L" organized September 1, 1863. The Non-Veterans mustered out June 17, 1865. The regiment mustered out September 15, 1865.

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


 * 6th Regiment Cavalry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 6th Indiana Cavalry 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. However 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 Roster at Ranger95.
 * Enlisted men, Recruits and Unassigned Rosters at Ranger95.
 * Company A - many men from Vermillion County
 * Company B - many men from Vigo County
 * Company C - many men from Putnam County
 * Company D - many men from Clay County
 * Company E - no cities or counties given
 * Company F - many men from Owen, Crawford, and Clay counties
 * Company G - many men from Parke County
 * Company H - many men from Greene County
 * Company I - many men from Sullivan, Parke, and Vigo
 * Company K - many men of Adams County
 * Company L - no cities or counties given
 * Company M - many men from Vigo, Clay, Floyd, Posey, and Marion counties


 * Companies L, and M - many men from Vermillion County. "Military History Of Vermillion County", Chapter 6, History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen, 1913. Page 279. ; . 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.