14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Terre Haute, Indiana, for one year's service May, 1861. Reorganized for three years' service and mustered in June 7, 1861. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 20th Indiana Infantry.

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 Parke County - see Roster on page 273
 * Company B - many men from Knox County - see Roster on page 275
 * Company C - many men from Martin County - see Roster on page 276
 * Company D - many men from Putman County - see Roster on page 278
 * Company E - many men from Vanderburg County - see Roster on page 280
 * Company F- many men from Vigo County - see Roster on page 281
 * Company G - many men from Knox County - see Rosteron page 283
 * Company H - many men from Owen County - see Roster on page 285
 * Company I - many men from Vermillion County - see Rosteron page 286
 * Company K - many men from Monroe County - see Roster on page 288
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Roster on page 290

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 10 May 2011)

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 * Officer with Staff - see Roster
 * Non-Commissioned - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Parke County- see Roster
 * Company B - many men from Knox County- see Roster
 * Company C - many men from Martin County- see Roster
 * Company D - many men from Putman County- see Roster
 * Company E - many men from Vanderburgh County- see Roster
 * Company F - many men from Vigo County- see Roster
 * Company G - many men from Knox County- see Roster
 * Company H - many men from Owen County- see Roster
 * Company I - many men from Vermillion County- see Roster
 * Company K - many men from Monroe County- see Roster
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Roster

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 14th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry web site. (accessed 10 Jan 2011)

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 * Company C - many men from Dubois County

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 14th Regiments, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 14th 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


 * 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment(accessed 30 Dec 2010) timeline


 * The History of 14th Indiana Volunteers (accessed 10 Dec 2010). Rosters (company A-K, country name) and record of events of 14th Indiana Volunterrs.


 * 14th Regiment Indiana Vouleer Infantry (accessed 10 Dec 2010) hisory and campaign of 14th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry


 * Allen, Amory K., "Civil War Letters of Amory K. Allen" (Indiana Magazine of History 31, no. 4 (December 1935): 338-386.) 1861-1865, Martin County (Loogootee), 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. C, Abstract and Bibliographic Information article PDF  (accessed 4 Apr 2011)


 * Landon, William (Lt.), "The 14th Indiana Regiment in the Valley of Virginia" [2 of 5], ( Indiana Magazine of History 30, no. 3 (September 1934): 275-298.) 1861-1862, Knox County (Vincennes), 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. G.  Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF  (accessed 07 Apr 2011)


 * Landon, William (Lt.), "14th Indiana Regiment, Peninsular Campaign to Chancellorsville" [3 of 5], ( Indiana Magazine of History 33, no. 3 (September 1937): 325-348. )1862-1863, Knox County (Vincennes) 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. G  Abstract and Bibliographic Information  article PDF (accessed 07 Apr 2011)


 * Landon, William (Lt.), "14th Indiana Regiment, Letters to the Vincennes Western Sun" [4 of 5],( Indiana Magazine of History 34, no. 1 (March 1938): 71-98.) 1863-1864,Knox County (Vincennes), 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. G Abstract and Bibliographic Information article PDF  (accessed 07 Apr 2011)


 * Landon, William (Lt.), "Last Letters to the Vincennes Sun" [5 of 5] (Indiana Magazine of History 35, no. 1 (March 1939): 76-94.) ,1865, Knox County (Vincennes), 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. G Abstract and Bibliographic Information   article PDF  (accessed 07 Apr 2011)

BOOKS

Baxter, Nancy Niblack. 1980. ''Gallant Fourteenth: the story of an Indiana Civil War regiment. Traverse City, Mich.'' ((Box 1032, Traverse City 49684): Pioneer Study Center Press.) 977.2 M2b FHL US/CAN Book      other library