138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864)

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Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in May 27, 1864. They mustered out September 22, 1864 in Tennessee.

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 Miami County - seeRosteron page 404
 * Company B - many men from La Porte County - see Rosteron page 405
 * Company C - many men from Porter and Lake counties - see Rosteron page 406
 * Company D - many men from La Porte County - see Rosteron page 407
 * Company E - many men from Marshall and Kosciusko counties - see Rosteron page 408
 * Company F- many men from Wabash County - see Rosteron page 410
 * Company G - many men from Wabash County - see Rosteron page 411
 * Company H - many men from St. Joseph County - see Roster on page 411
 * Company I - many men from Wells, Huntington, and Blackford counties - see Roster on page 413
 * Company K - many men from Cass County - see Rosteron page 414

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 29 Jan 2011)

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 * Company D - many men from St. Joseph County - see Roster on page 127
 * Company H - many men from St. Joseph County - see Roster on page 128 [2]

Other Sources
WEBSITES


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


 * 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.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 138th Regiments, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 18640


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 138th 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

BOOKS


 * Company "D","H", 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry(accessed 31 Dec 2010) was principally made up from St Joseph country. On page 727, 728 on this book, give person from St. Joseph Country. Howard, Timothy Edward, A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana  (Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 ) FHL US/CAN Book 977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2   Other libraries with this book