13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, for one year's service May, 1861, but reorganized for three years and mustered in June 19, 1861. They mustered out September 5, 1865 at North Carolina. .

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


 * 13th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 13th 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:
 * Rosters at Ranger95.
 * Rosters of Reorganized Unit at Ranger95.
 * Company A - many men from Marion County; reorganized soldiers of Franklin, Elkhart, Ripley, Whitley, Randolph, Kosciusko, DeKalb, Noble, Miami, and other counties
 * Company B - many men from Miami County; reorganized soldiers of Howard, Bartholomew, Washington, Wayne, Jefferson, DeKalb, Ripley, and other counties
 * Company C - many men from Franklin County; reorganized soldiers of Huntington, Marshall, La Porte, Jefferson, Noble, La Grange, and other counties
 * Company D - many men from Jefferson County; reorganized soldiers of Marion, DeKalb, Jefferson, Howard, Allen, Elkhart, Kosciusko, and other counties
 * Company E - many men from Howard County; reorganized soldiers of Delaware, Marion, DeKalb, Jefferson, Howard, Bartholomew, Vigo, Elkhart, and other counties
 * Company F - many men from Huntington County; reorganized soldiers of Delaware, Vigo, Sullivan, Noble, Greene, Martin, Putnam, and Daviess counties
 * Company G - many men from Washington County; reorganized soldiers of Vigo, Pike, Wabash, Henry, and Scott counties
 * Company H - many men from Marion County; reorganized soldiers of Putnam, Allen, Wells, Decatur, and Owen counties
 * Company I - many men from Ripley County; reorganized soldiers of Vigo, Madison, Crawford, Randolph, and Ripley counties
 * Company K - many men from Bartholomew County; reorganized soldiers of Allen, Vigo, Elkhart, Lake, Marion, and Wayne counties


 * Companies A - 27 men, B - 4 men, C - 1 man, D - 1 man, E - 3 men, H - 1 man - from Franklin County. "Civil War" in "Military History of Franklin County", Chapter 12, of History of Franklin County, Indiana; Her People, Industries and Institutions. By August J. Reifel. Indianapolis, Ind: B.F. Bowen, 1915. Page 295: Regiment, Companies, some Names. ; . Online at: Internet Archive.

Regimental History and Roster
by Illinois Infantry,. n.p., Chicago, Woman's temperance., 1892., Online at:Internet Archive
 * Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65.,

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.


 * 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment timeline


 * Twelve months in Andersonville : on the march -- in battle -- in the rebel prison pens, and at last in God's country. By Lessel Long. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993. (*).