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Brief History

This Unit was organized at Seymour, Indiana, and mustered in September 12, 1861. They consolidated with 52nd Indiana Infantry May 25, 1865.^[1]

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

• The Civil War Archive section, 50th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 9 May 2012).
  

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 - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 490
• Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 492
• Company C - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 494
• Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 496
• Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 497
• Company F- no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 499
• Company G - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 501
• Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 503
• Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 504
• Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 506
• Unassigned Recruits - see Roster on page 508

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 50th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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• Company C - 2/3 of men from Washington County  ^[2]
• Company D - many men from Monroe County   ^[3]
• Companies D, G, and I - many men from  Lawrence County ^[4]

Other Sources

WEBSITES

• 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)  Website with histories of the Indiana Regiments.
  

• List of Indiana Civil War regiment (accessed 13 Dec 2010) List of Indiana Regimental that are on Wikipedia.
  

• Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana
  

• 50th Indiana Infantry Regiment (asscessed 12 Dec 2010)  Record of Events
  

• 50th Regiment Infantry, Company A, B, H, K, (accessed 12 Dec 2010) Rosters only, country not given
  

References

1. ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 4 January 2011).
2. ↑ "Military History" Chapter 7 in History of Washington County Indiana: A Re-Production of the Original "History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties" 1884. (Salem, Ind: Washington County Historical Society, 1999.),(page 805, Regiment, Companies), 977.226 H2Lc FHL FHL Collection other librariesINTERNET ARCHIVE
3. ↑ "Military History" in Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey Co, 1884.) page 413-451, 977.2 H2b FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection other library <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1304019754281_426" /> INTERNET ARCHIVE
4. ↑ "Military History" Chapter 7 in History of Washington County Indiana: A Re-Production of the Original "History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties" 1884. (Salem, Ind: Washington County Historical Society, 1999.), (page 186) 977.226 H2Lc FHL FHL Collection other librariesINTERNET ARCHIVE

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