146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in March 9, 1865 and mustered out at Baltimore, Maryland; August 31, 1865.

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 fromDecatur,Floyd, and Shelby counties - see Rosteron page 504
 * Company B - many men from Switzerland, and Spencer counties - see Roster on page 505
 * Company C - many men fromMartin and Vanderburgh counties - see Rosteron page 507
 * Company D - many men from Madison County - see Rosteron page 508
 * Company E - many men from Switzerland and Decatur counties - see Roster on page 509
 * Company F- many men fromShelby, Rush and Franklin counties - see Rosteron page 511
 * Company G - many men from Dearborn and Decatur counties - see Roster on page 512
 * Company H - many men fromDearborn, Decatur, Ohio, and [[Ripley_County,_Indiana|Ripley] ]counties - see Rosteron page 513
 * Company I - many men from Greene and Dearborn counties - see Roster on page 515
 * Company K - many men from Spencer, Pike, and Warrick counties - see Roster on page 516

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 146th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 31 Jan 2011)

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 146th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wilipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 146th 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


 * 146th Indiana Infantry Regiment(accessed 20 Dec 2010) timeline


 * 146th Indiana Infantry Co. (accessed 11 Dec 2010) 146th Indiana Infantry Company "D" Muster roll (Madison Country)