71st Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at Terre Haute, Indiana, July 21 to August 18, 1862. and mustered in at Indianapolis August 18, 1862. The designation of Regiment changed to 6th Indiana Cavalry February 22, 1863. (See 6th Indiana Cavalry).

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


 * 71st Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive.
 * 71st Indiana Infantry Regiment at Wikipedia.

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.